Rupture of a ventricular abscess after mitral valve replacement.
A 65 year old man presented with bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve. Immediately after mitral valve replacement a valve ring abscess ruptured. Early surgery should be performed when an intramyocardial abscess is suspected.
Weale
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Hutter
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Collins
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013295:Streptococcus mutans