Ruptured Mitral Valve Kissing Abscess to Left Atrium in Course of Aortic Valve Endocarditis
| Author | A Fazlinezhad | en |
| Author | A Mirzaeei | en |
| Author | M Alvandi Azari | en |
| Issued Date | 2011-04-02 | en |
| Abstract | In patients with infective endocarditis affecting the aortic valve, a major complication may occur in a mechanism of direct extension of an infected jet of aortic regurgitation striking the ventricular surface of the anterior mitral leaflet. We present a 36-year-old male with infective endocarditis of the bicuspid aortic valve, who developed a secondary infection complicated by a Mitral valve leaflet kissing abscess. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Endocarditis | en |
| Keyword | Bicuspid aortic valve | en |
| Keyword | Mitral valve leaflet kissing abscess | en |
| Keyword | Echocardiography | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Ruptured Mitral Valve Kissing Abscess to Left Atrium in Course of Aortic Valve Endocarditis | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |
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