PMC4885142_01
Aortic valve at surgery with bacterial vegetations and abscess formation at the base of the left coronary cusp. RC = right coronary cusp; LC = left coronary cusp; A = abscess.
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After removal of the aortic valve, an abscess was observed in the annulus of the left coronary cusp (Fig. 1).