title: Asymmetric primary ringless repair of mitral valve endocarditis: a case report.
abstract: The case is presented of a patient with a large mitral valve vegetation. A technique of mitral valve repair involving ringless annuloplasty repair following bileaflet resection of the infected regions of the valve is described. No pledgets or prosthetic material were used in the repair. The patient recovered uneventfully, with trivial mitral regurgitation documented on post-repair echocardiography. This technique may suggest a method for early intervention in mitral endocarditis.
authors: Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Green Lane Hospital, Waitemata Health, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors: Shaun P
authors: SP
authors: Setty
authors: F Paget
authors: FP
authors: Milsom
authors: Guy
authors: G
authors: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis