title: Candida endocarditis with saddle embolism: a successful surgical intervention.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman who had Candida endocarditis with saddle embolism underwent mitral valve replacement and resection of infected aorta. Only 7 persons with fungal endocarditis with saddle embolism have been reported in the literature, and all of them died. We report a case of successful treatment of this lethal complication of Candida endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve