[Mitral insufficiency due to bacterial endocarditis in a 20 months old infant with normal heart (author's transl)].
A case of severe cardiac failure with fever and massive mitral insufficiency in a 20 months-old infant is reported. Rupture of mitral chordae tendinae together with valvar vegetations were documented by echocardiography. Surgical mitral reconstruction was performed with an excellent hemodynamic result two years later.
D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
Insuffisance mitrale par endocardite bactérienne sur coeur sain chez un enfant de 20 mois.