case_images: PMC5078629_01
case_images: Modified short access view at the level of the aortic root showing large mycotic pseudoaneurysm.
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case_images: An echocardiography was performed immediately, which indicated evidence of heart failure and infective endocarditis, with suspected mycotic aortic aneurysm (Figure 1).
case_images: Coronal maximum intensity projection of the aorta (Ao) demonstrating a paravalvular mycotic pseudoaneurysm arising from the aortic root (arrow).
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case_images: fig2
case_images: Urgent electrocardiogram- (ECG-) synchronized intravenous (IV) contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging of the heart and aorta was subsequently performed, demonstrating a sizable aortic root paravalvular mycotic pseudoaneurysm with internal vegetation (Figures 2 and 3).
case_images: Coronal maximum intensity projection computed tomography of the aorta (Ao) showing a paravalvular mycotic pseudoaneurysm stemming from the aortic root (arrow).
case_images: CRIC2016-7924631.003.jpg
case_images: PMC5078629_01_CRIC2016-7924631.003.jpg
case_images: fig3
case_images: Urgent electrocardiogram- (ECG-) synchronized intravenous (IV) contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging of the heart and aorta was subsequently performed, demonstrating a sizable aortic root paravalvular mycotic pseudoaneurysm with internal vegetation (Figures 2 and 3).