[Successful surgical treatment of infective endocarditis complicated with DIC and intracerebral hemorrhage].
This is a case report of a 61-year-old man, suffering from infective endocarditis of mitral valve in association with DIC and intracerebral hemorrhage. He was treated symptomatically and conservatively for 80 days after the onset of the DIC. His multiple cerebral hematomas gradually disappeared 2 months after conservative management. Then the diseased mitral valve was replaced with a Duromedics valve. He is doing well at present. In a review of the literature it appears that there is some room for surgical intervention in endocarditis despite the complication of coagulopathy. We feel that one of the most serious complications of infective endocarditis is DIC. Operative management of endocarditis with this complication is recommended to be followed by medical management.
Hamada
Y
Y
Sudo
K
K
Nakagomi
E
E
Morita
H
H
Mizunuma
H
H
Unno
T
T
Hayashi
N
N
Ikeda
K
K
Mizuno
A
A
Ooni
M
M
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*