Pitfall in Echocardiography: infective endocarditis or valvular strand? Case report

Giordano Zampi, Amedeo Pergolin, Maria Denitza Tinti, Claudio Alessi, Luigi Sommariva

Abstract


Lambl’s excrescences are thin filiform mobile processes with thin attachment at valvular closure lines. In this case report we describe the transesophageal views of Lambl’s excrescences; our case is meant to serve as a classic example of this com- monly misinterpreted lesion.

Keywords


transesophageal echocardiography; Lambl’s excrescences; valvular strand

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11152/mu.2013.2066.172.echc

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