Successful surgical treatment approach for mitral valve vegetation of infective endocarditis after severe soft tissue infection with mediastinitis

Successful surgical treatment approach for mitral valve vegetation of infective endocarditis after severe soft tissue infection with mediastinitis

Abstract Transesophageal echocardiography is mandatory if you do suspect infective endocarditis. By approaching via a small right thoracotomy, vegetectomy and mitral valvuloplasty following severe mediastinitis were successfully accomplished without any complications.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kenichiro Uchida, Yosuke Takahashi, Toshihiko Shibata, Yasumitsu Mizobata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-05-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
infective endocarditis
mediastinitis
mitral valve
sepsis
small right thoracotomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4209

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