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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:966-968
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Endarteritis and false aneurysm complicating aortic coarctation

Messaoud Idir, MDa,b,c, Rocco Denisi, MDa,b,c, Marie Parrens, MDa,b,c, Raymond Roudaut, MDa,b,c, Claude Deville, MDa,b,c

a Services de Cardiologie, CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France
b Division of d’Anatomo–Pathologie, CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France
c Division of de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Hopital Cardiologique, CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France

Address reprint requests to Dr Roudaut, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Pessac, France

We report a tricky case of endocarditis because of the localization, aortic coarctation, and the pathogenic bacteria Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Furthermore, we underline the leading role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of aortic endarteritis. First, aortitis was treated with antibiotics and, second, successfully operated on.


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