title: [Mitral valve insufficiency in a 2.5-year-old girl as a result of endocarditis? A case report].
abstract: We present a case of a 2.5-year-old girl with a history recurrent pneumonia, followed by decreased physical capacity. Echocardiography showed severe (grade IV) mitral regurgitation with anterior leaflet perforation. The patient was selected for cardiac surgery. The possibility of endocarditis as a cause of mitral valve insufficiency is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Kardiologii Wieku Dzieciecego i Pediatrii Ogólnej, Akademia Medyczna, ul. Marszałkowska 24, 00-576 Warszawa, Poland. malgorzata.golabek@wp.pl
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gołabek
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*