Figure 2.

Complications of IE. Top: Example of peri-aortic abscess (stars) with large anechoic cavity surrounding the biological prosthesis (left: TTE with parasternal short axis view, right: TTE with parasternal long axis view). Bottom: Example of peri-aortic pseudoaneurysm (star) with large cavity communicating with cardiovascular lumen (left: TOE short axis view showing large vegetation on prosthesis cusps, right: TOE log axis view with color Doppler showing flow into the perivalvular cavity).