[A case of aortic and mitral regurgitation with two aneurysms in the mitral valve].
A 59-year-old male was found to have two aneurysms in the mitral valve, mitral regurgitation, and aortic regurgitation by the echocardiographic examination. The patient had a previous history of infectious endocarditis by streptococcus at the age of 24. Under the diagnosis of mitral aneurysms developed after infectious endocarditis, surgery was undertaken. A 5 x 8 mm sized perforation in the right coronary cusp and two aneurysms in the anterior mitral leaflet, 22 mm and 17 mm in size, were found intraoperatively. Both the mitral and aortic valves were replaced. Patients with a history of infectious endocarditis have to be followed up for a long period of time. Transesophageal echocardiogram is useful in those patients. Considering high prevalence of aortic valvular diseases in those with a mitral aneurysm after infectious endocarditis, aortic valves should be carefully evaluated.
Ichikawa
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi-Nambu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Soma
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Yamazaki
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Isoda
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Kondo
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J
Matsumoto
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A
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*