Aspergillus niger aortitis after aortic valve replacement diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography

DUYGU, H; NALBANTGIL, S; OZERKAN, F; Kirilmaz, BAHADIR; YAGDI, T

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00122.x

Aspergillus niger aortitis after aortic valve replacement diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography

DUYGU H., NALBANTGIL S., OZERKAN F., Kirilmaz B., YAGDI T.

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES, cilt.23, sa.5, ss.405-406, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2006
Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00122.x
Dergi Adı: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.405-406
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Aspergillus aortitis following cardiac surgery has an important role among the cardiac infections as almost all affected cases result in death. Survival of the patient with Aspergillus aortitis is dependent on early initiation of aggressive medical and surgical treatment. Transesophageal echocardiography proved very useful in the diagnosis of this uncommon case of aortitis. In this paper, we present a patient with aortitis caused by Aspergillus niger that hasn't been reported previously diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography following cardiac surgery.