Aortic Coarctation and Complicated Infective Endocarditis

Aortic coarctation is an example of congenital disorders with a high risk of development of endocarditis and endarteritis. In the presurgical era, infective endarteritis constituted a frequent complication of aortic coarctation and was responsible for 20% of death of these patients. Here in, we describe a case of coarctation endarteritis with pseudoaneurysm formation in an adult and review the echocardiographic findings of this condition.