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Aortic root to left atrium fistula: a rare complication of infective endocarditis in a native aortic valve

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The image shows a pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and a fistula between the non-coronary sinus and the left atrium.

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  1. Anguera I, Miro JM, Vilacosta I et al (2005) Aorto-cavitary fistulous tract formation in infective endocarditis: clinical and echocardiographic features of 76 cases and risk factors for mortality. Eur Heart J 26(3):288–297

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  1. Cardiology Department, Alto Ave Hospital Center, Guimarães, Portugal

    Vitor Hugo Pereira, João Português, Lucy Calvo, Inocência Machado, Olga Azevedo & António Lourenço

  2. Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, Universidade of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Vitor Hugo Pereira

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Pereira, V.H., Português, J., Calvo, L. et al. Aortic root to left atrium fistula: a rare complication of infective endocarditis in a native aortic valve. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 30, 1203–1204 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-014-0451-7

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