Aspergillus niger Aortitis after Aortic Valve Replacement Diagnosed by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Articles > Article · 2006
Authors: H DUYGU, Sanem NALBANTGİL, Filiz ÖZERKAN ÇAKAN, B KIRILMAZ, Tahir YAĞDI
Echocardiography, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2006, vol 23, pp 405-406
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00122.x
Summary
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.