Type A Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Aortocardiac Fistulae: Case Report and Brief Literature Review-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Type A Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Aortocardiac Fistulae: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

Published:2017 Issue: Volume:2017 Page:1-4
ISSN:2090-6404
Container-title:Case Reports in Cardiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Cardiology

Author:

Ghalem Amine¹^ORCID,Bachrif Mohammed¹,Hbali Anass¹,Beghi Mostapha¹,Ismaili Nabila²,El Ouafi Noha²

Affiliation:

1. Mohammed VI University Hospital, Oujda University, BP 4806, 60049 Oujda, Morocco

2. Department of Cardiology, Mohammed VI University Hospital, 60049 Oujda, Morocco

Abstract

Aortocardiac fistulae (ACF) are exceptionally due to infective endocarditis; they are usually congenital, posttraumatic, or complicate aortic dissection. In infective endocarditis setting, their presence should prompt urgent surgery as patients can deteriorate rapidly. We report the case of a 78-year-old female patient with the first ever reported quadricuspid aortic valve infective endocarditis complicated by multiple aortocardiac fistulae. Additionally, we provide a brief review of ACF, in infective endocarditis and quadricuspid aortic valve.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/cric/2017/2865305.pdf

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