Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Francois Marcotte

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• Case Report
  An Aortic Flap from Endocarditis
  Author(s): Malek Al-Hawwas, Mohamed Nosair, Ismail El-Hamamsy and Francois Marcotte Malek Al-Hawwas, Mohamed Nosair, Ismail El-Hamamsy and Francois Marcotte
  
  Endocarditis might result in a chronic damage to heart valves and adjacent cardiac structures. A healed endocarditis of the aortic valve rarely leaves a sterile abscess in the aortic root. The abscess might appear as an intimal tear on subsequent imaging studies leading to a misdiagnosis of aortic dissection in a suspicious clinical context. It is important to recognize this uncommon complication and its manifestation on different imaging modalities. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000570

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