[Mitral insufficiency due to bacterial endocarditis in a 20 months old infant with normal heart (author's transl)]

A case of severe cardiac failure with fever and massive mitral insufficiency in a 20 months-old infant is reported. Rupture of mitral chordae tendinae together with valvar vegetations were documented by echocardiography. Surgical mitral reconstruction was performed with an excellent hemodynamic result two years later.