Figure 2.

Transesophageal long axis view in a patient with sepsis demonstrating a large vegetation attached to the anterior mitral valve leaflet and an echo-free space in the mitral valve annulus infiltrating the surrounding myocardium consistent with the presence of an abscess. Abscess formation was confirmed at surgery. LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; MV, mitral valve; Veg, vegetation.