Large Non-Bacterial Vegetation Causing Acute Aortic Regurgitation - Unexpected Finding at Autopsy

Circ J. 2018 Aug 24;82(9):2378-2379. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-17-1039. Epub 2018 Feb 23.

Authors

Toshiki Sawai^{1

2}, Munenari Ikezawa¹, Atsuya Hirota¹, Shigetada Yamamoto¹, Hiroshi Nakajima¹, Katsutoshi Makino¹, Kojiro Takase³, Masaaki Ito⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Mie Prefectural General Medical Center.
² Department of Cardiology, Mie Heart Center.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Mie Prefectural General Medical Center.
⁴ Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine.

PMID: 29479031
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-17-1039

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / pathology
Autopsy
Endocarditis, Non-Infective / complications*
Endocarditis, Non-Infective / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Failure / etiology*
Heart Failure / pathology
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / complications*
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*