Pulmonary valve endocarditis: improved diagnosis with biplane transesophageal echocardiography

T Winslow; E Foster; J R Adams; N B Schiller

doi:10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80556-7

Pulmonary valve endocarditis: improved diagnosis with biplane transesophageal echocardiography

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1992 Mar-Apr;5(2):206-10. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80556-7.

Authors

T Winslow¹, E Foster, J R Adams, N B Schiller

Affiliation

¹ John Henry Mills Echocardiography Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

PMID: 1571180
DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80556-7

Abstract

Pulmonary valve endocarditis is an uncommon disease. Improved visualization of the pulmonary valve on the longitudinal views provided by biplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) improves the diagnostic utility of TEE in pulmonary valve endocarditis. We report three cases of isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis diagnosed with biplanar TEE.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Candidiasis / diagnostic imaging
Echocardiography*
Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging