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Published on: May 19, 2020
Active mitral valve endocarditis with widespread interventricular septal abscesses in a paediatric patient
Kazuhiko Ishimaru1, Shigemitsu Iwai1, Sanae Tsumura1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Abstract:
We present the case of a previously healthy 2-year-old boy with extensive infective mitral valve endocarditis, with 2 huge, mobile vegetations attached to the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve and to the left ventricular outflow tract, and interventricular septal abscesses extending into the left ventricular outflow tract without any septal defects. He underwent mitral valve repair and simultaneous drainage of the interventricular septal abscesses excluding the inlet portion to avoid postoperative complications.
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