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. 2001 Apr;85(4):470–474. doi: 10.1136/heart.85.4.470

Endocarditis: problems—patients being treated for endocarditis and not doing well

C Oakley 1, R Hall 1
PMCID: PMC1729693  PMID: 11250980

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Aortic (Ao) root abscess (arrowed) shown in short axis of transoesophageal study. Figure reproduced courtesy of Dr Petros Nihoyannopoulos.

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Myocardial abscess. These are usually inoperable.

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Huge pedunculated vegetation (V) on the aortic valve caused by secondary candida infection in a young women with a variable course after treatment for enterococcal infection on a floppy mitral valve. Transoesophageal view—LA, left atrium; Ao, aorta. Figure reproduced courtesy of Dr Petros Nihoyannopoulos.

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