Mitral Valve Repair in a Patient with Two Aneurysms of the Mitral Valve Due to Infective Endocarditis;Report of a Case
Tsuji, M.; Une, D.; Kurata, A.; Tabata, M.; Matsuyama, T.; Seki, H.; Uda, A.; Beika, T.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 70(6): 445-448
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 28595225 Document Number: 693419
Echocardiography revealed 2 aneurysms in the mitral valve with mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation,in a 42-years-old man. He had had infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus 9 months before. A prolapse in the right coronary cusp without vegetation and 2 aneurysms in the anterior mitral leaflet were found intraoperatively. Aortic valve was replaced, and then mitral aneurysms were resected and repaired using his own pericardium. There has been almost no regurgitation or recurrence of infection over 3 years.