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Fully Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair with Percutaneous Cannulation of Groin Vessels
Published on: May 26, 2023
Emergent mitral valvuloplasty with an autologous pericardial patch in an octogenarian with active infective
Shigefumi Matsuyama1, Tetsuya Ueno, Kazuyuki Ikeda
1From Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan.
Abstract:
An 83-year-old woman with suppurative spondylitis was referred to our hospital due to active infective endocarditis with an expanding mobile vegetation and a high echoic mass on the posterior mitral leaflet. During the operation, the high echoic mass was found to be a chronically organized abscess, which was located at the base of the vegetation on the posterior leaflet and extended toward the annulus. The patient underwent a successfully emergent resection of the vegetation and mass, and valvuloplasty using an autologous pericardial patch with an excellent outcome.
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