Giulia Bevilacqua Schmitz et al. Amadeu Antonio Bertuol Filho Solano Vinicius Berger Rodrigo Petersen Saadi … Álvaro Albrecht Angela Barreto Santiago Santos
Abstract
Native valve bacterial endocarditis is an uncommon, complex, and highly morbid disease that requires prolonged clinical treatment and challenging surgical interventions. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are paramount assessment tools whose findings are included in the diagnostic criteria. Three-dimensional echocardiography shows further realistic imaging details. Here we present a case demonstrating the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of endocarditis and the identification of its complications to show how advanced imaging techniques may have a remarkable resemblance with in vivo surgical findings.
