Ultrasound for critical care physicians: right diagnosis, wrong place

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

关键词: heart;    ultrasound;    endocarditis;    mitral valve;    aortic valve replacement;    Enterococcus faecalis;    bacteremia;    diastolic murmur;    prosthetic valve;   

DOI  :  http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc123-13

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

No abstract available. Article truncated after first page. The patient was a 76 year old man, with a history of a prosthetic aortic valve (aortic stenosis) and chronic myelogenous leukemia.He presented with fever and cough, and was found to have pneumonia with Klebsiella pneumonia cultured from a BAL. However, he also had persistent Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia and a new 3/6 diastolic murmur.An ultrasound of the heart was performed (Figures 1 and 2). Which of the following is the likely diagnosis? 1. Aortic dissection 2. Aortic valve endocarditis 3. Displacement of the aortic valve 4. Mitral valve endocarditis 5. Tricuspid endocarditis …

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