Concomitant mitral and tricuspid valve infective endocarditis: report of a case.
A rare case of native valve endocarditis affecting both the normal mitral and tricuspid valves is presented. A 25-year-old woman with an acute ischemic stroke was found to have vegetation secondary to infective endocarditis as the embolic source. One month after the onset of embolic cerebrovascular intervention, a valve repair with the implantation of artificial chordae, sliding commissuroplasty, and ring annuloplasty resulted in a complete recovery.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido Prefectural Kushiro Hospital, Kushiro, Japan.
Yoshikazu
Y
Hachiro
Hideyuki
H
Harada
Toshio
T
Baba
Yukiko
Y
Honma
Masahiro
M
Miyajima
Tomio
T
Abe
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery