Aorto-right atrial fistula: Late complication of tricuspid valve infective endocarditis

• 作 者: Pedro A Villablanca Shashvat S
• 机 构: DepartmentofInternalMedicine
• 出 处: 世界心脏病学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 发表日期: 2014年10期
• 关键词: Aorto-cardiac FISTULA INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS TRICUSPID valve Aorto-cardiac fistu

Abnormal connections between the ascending aortaand the cardiac chambers are rare, especially in thecontext of right-sided infective endocarditis(IE). Trans-thoracic echocardiography(TTE) with color-flow Dop-pler, transesophageal echocardiography(TEE), or