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Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta following aortic valve replacement
  1. DAVID H ADAMS,
  2. ALEXANDER KADNER,
  3. RAYMOND H CHEN

https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.84.2.124

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    A 71 year old woman presented with lethargy and weakness. One year previously she underwent aortic valve replacement for symptomatic aortic stenosis with a Carpentier–Edwards pericardial valve. Her admission temperature was 101.4°F (38.6°C) and subsequent blood cultures grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Transoesophageal echocardiography (top) revealed an echo free bilobed space (arrow) …

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