title: Unusual manifestation of valvular vegetations.
abstract: Mitral obstruction due to a large vegetation of bacterial endocarditis occurred in a 30 year old man. 2-D echocardiogram revealed an echodense mass obstructing the mitral valve. The patient was successfully treated by mitral valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Valiathan
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Venkitachalam
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kartha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design