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We present an illustrative case and review the literature regarding the potential advantages and limitations of 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of complicated infective endocarditis.<\/jats:p>\n        <jats:p>A 51-year-old man, an intravenous drug user who had undergone bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement 5 months earlier, presented with prosthetic valve endocarditis. Preoperative transesophageal echocardiography with 3D rendition revealed a large abscess involving the mitral aortic intervalvular fibrosa, together with a mycotic aneurysm that had ruptured into the left atrium, resulting in a left ventricle-to-left atrium fistula. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography enabled superior preoperative anatomic delineation and surgical planning. We conclude that 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography can be a useful adjunct to traditional 2-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography as a tool in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.14503\/thij-14-4375","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,3]],"date-time":"2015-08-03T13:22:06Z","timestamp":1438608126000},"page":"372-376","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["The Preoperative Evaluation of Infective Endocarditis via 3-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography"],"prefix":"10.14503","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Matthew S.","family":"Yong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pankaj","family":"Saxena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ammar M.","family":"Killu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sean","family":"Coffey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Harold M.","family":"Burkhart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Siu-Hin","family":"Wan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph F.","family":"Malouf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"5628","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"i0730-2347-42-4-372-b1","series-title":"Am J Med","first-page":"200","article-title":"New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings. 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