AORTO-RIGHT VENTRICULAR FISTULA COMPLICATING A CASE OF ENDOCARDITIS

Aorto-right ventricular fistula: a rare complication of Abiotrophia Endocarditis

A 41-year-old African male presented with worsening dyspnea and cachexia concerning for congestive heart failure. Transesophageal echocardiogram revealed a large mass attached to the aortic valve leaflet, mass attached to the flail anterior mitral valve leaflet, severe pulmonary hypertension and dilatation of the aortic root along with fistula between the right coronary aortic cusp and the righ...

Infective endocarditis complicated by aortic dissection and aorto-right ventricular fistula.

Candida right ventricular mural endocarditis complicating indwelling right atrial catheter.

Catheter-associated candidemia is a common problem in immunocompromised patients. A leukemic patient had Candida right ventricular mural endocarditis complicating an indwelling right atrial catheter. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Candida right ventricular mural vegetation visualized by two-dimensional echocardiography.

Traumatic aorto-right ventricular fistula from stab wound

Penetrating cardiac injuries are commonly instantaneously lethal. However, numerous delayed manifestations of cardiac injury, including traumatic ventricular septal defect, ventricular aneurysms, right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula, valvular regurgitation, and aorto-right ventricular fistula, are all described in the literature. Here, we present a case of aorto-right ventricular fistu...

Acute aortic dissection complicated by aorto-right ventricular fistula.

A 68-year-old man with a history of systemic hypertension and chronic renal failure was admitted to our emergency department with chest pain and dyspnea. He had undergone tube graft replacement of the ascending aorta due to an acute type A aortic dissection 10 years previously. On admission he was hypertensive and tachycardic with a continuous murmur at the left upper sternal border. The electr...