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Infective endocarditis following balloon dilatation of mitral valve
S M Kulkarni1, Y S Loya, S Sharma
1Department of Cardiology, B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
International Journal of Cardiology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Three cases of infective endocarditis were encountered following balloon dilatation of the mitral valve. The diagnosis was difficult due to negative blood cultures and nondiagnostic transthoracic echocardiogram, the latter the consequence of the preexisting severe rheumatic valvar disease. Transoesophageal echocardiography proved superior in diagnosis. The possible causes and means of preventing this potentially lethal complication are discussed.