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Fig. 1: Kaplan–Meier survival curves from time of diagnosis for patients with endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess. Survival was similar for patients who received early surgical therapy (broken line) and those who received medical treatment alone (solid line).
Fig. 2: Transesophageal echocardiograms of aortic root in short axis, showing evolution of perivalvular abscess in patient with bioprosthetic aortic valve. Top: The abscess (arrows) was located in the posterior aortic root. Bottom: The abscess became a pseudoaneurysm (arrows) communicating with the aortic root on follow-up study.