Incremental value of multimodal imaging in the evaluation of complicated prosthetic valve endocarditis
Künye
Güner, A., Ateşli, A., Zencirkıran Aguş, H., Güler, E. ve Babür Güler, G. (2020). Incremental value of multimodal imaging in the evaluation of complicated prosthetic valve endocarditis. Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, 48(4), 447-447. https://dx.doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2020.17676Özet
A 47-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fever (38.3°C), palpitations, chills, and weakness. He had undergone a surgical graft interposition repair of the ascending aorta and aortic valve replacement (AVR) (No. 19; St. Jude Medical Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA) of the bicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic stenosis and an ascending aortic aneurysm 2 years earlier. Laboratory tests indicated a high erythrocyte sedimentation rate and an elevated white blood count and C-reactive protein level.