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Unusual manifestation of valvular vegetations
T R Prasad1, M S Valiathan, C G Venkitachalam
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology Trivandrum, India.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
Mitral obstruction due to a large vegetation of bacterial endocarditis occurred in a 30 year old man. 2-D echocardiogram revealed an echodense mass obstructing the mitral valve. The patient was successfully treated by mitral valve replacement.