Infective endocarditis presenting initially with ileus complicated by dehiscence of annuloplasty ring

BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) on an annuloplasty ring dehiscence is uncommon after mitral valve repair. CASE PRESENTATION: A 53-year-old man underwent mitral annuloplasty with a 24-mm ring for posterior mitral valve prolapse. He underwent repeat valve repair for recurrent mitral valve regu...

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Autores principales: Konishi, Takao, Nishihara, Hiroshi, Ito, Tadashi, Tanaka, Yoshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26466683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-015-0113-2

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