Severe mitral regurgitation caused by annular abscess fistulating into the left atrium
| Autor: | Wong Ps, Yang H, Ling Lh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Heart Rupture Miscellanea Pericardial effusion Internal medicine Mitral valve Medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Heart Atria Abscess Vascular Fistula Mitral regurgitation business.industry Mitral Valve Insufficiency Endocarditis Bacterial Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Heart failure Circulatory system cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal |
| Zdroj: | Heart (British Cardiac Society). 91(6) |
| ISSN: | 1468-201X |
| Popis: | A 14 year old girl was referred for management of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, severe mitral regurgitation, and congestive heart failure. She had received chemotherapy for left femoral osteosarcoma diagnosed four months earlier. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large pericardial effusion and a 20 × 5 mm sausage shaped vegetation on the posterior mitral leaflet with severe mitral regurgitation (upper panels). Following … |
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