Table 3

Other echocardiographic findings in a series of 138 cases of infective endocarditis in non-drug addict patients

Number of patients
Periaortic abscess6
Mitral abscess2
Interventricular septum abscess1
Rupture of ASV with shunt to right chambers2
Rupture of interventricular septum with VSD1
Prosthetic obstruction1
Severe prosthetic dehiscence6
Severe valvar regurgitation17
Mural thrombus probably infected3
  • ASV, aneurism of the sinus of Valsalva; VSD, ventricular septal defect.