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  • Title: Eustachian valve endocarditis: detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography.
    Author: Palakodeti V, Keen WD, Rickman LS, Blanchard DG.
    Journal: Clin Cardiol; 1997 Jun; 20(6):579-80. PubMed ID: 9181271.
    Abstract:
    Right-sided involvement is fairly common in infective endocarditis, but involvement of the eustachian valve is distinctly rare. We present the case of a 36-year-old intravenous drug user with staphylococcal bacteremia and septic pulmonary emboli. Transthoracic echocardiography was normal, but transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large eustachian valve vegetation. This case illustrates the utility of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of eustachian valve pathology.
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