Postoperative mitral valve abscess. A case report.
The authors report a case of a patient with postoperative perimitral bioprosthetic abscess and probable systemic embolization. The location of the abscess is not common and the use of porcine bioprostheses is supposedly associated with a low rate of embolic complications. Because of the high mortality and morbidity, it is stressed that patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis should be managed aggressively with surgery.
Pamidi
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Department of Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
Leo
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Saul
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Gelles
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Chu
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D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*