Abstract Native valve bacterial endocarditis is an uncommon, complex, and highly morbid disease that requires prolonged clinical treatment and challenging surgical interventions. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are paramount assessment tools whose findings are included in the diagnostic criteria. Three-dimensional echocardiography shows further realistic imaging details. Here we present a case demonstrating the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of endocarditis and the identification of its complications to show how advanced imaging techniques may have a remarkable resemblance with in vivo […]

Atrial septal defects (ASDs) correspond to 6–10% of all congenital heart diseases and are more prevalent in women; moreover, an estimated 60–75% of all cases correspond to ostium secundum (OS) ASDs, a defect affecting the intermediate septal region1. […]

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