European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 6, 106-107, Copyright © 1992 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Surgical repair of a postendocarditis abscess cavity in the heart guided by intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography
J Tingleff, H Arendrup and G Pettersson
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
A case of aortic prosthetic endocarditis is presented that was complicated
by the formation of a cavity in the spatium between the aorta and the roof
of the left atrium. At the primary operation this cavity had not been
detected. During reoperation the surgeon localized the cavity in the
cardioplegic heart, guided by transoesophageal echocardiography.