POSTOPERATIVE MITRAL-VALVE ABSCESS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
PAMIDI S LEO PJ SAUL B GELLES J CHU D
Citation
S. Pamidi et al., POSTOPERATIVE MITRAL-VALVE ABSCESS - A CASE-REPORT, Angiology, 48(8), 1997, pp. 749-752
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033197
Volume
48
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
749 - 752
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3197(1997)48:8<749:PMA-AC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The authors report a case of a patient with postoperative perimitral b ioprosthetic abscess and probable systemic embolization. The location of the abscess is not common and the use of porcine bioprostheses is s upposedly associated with a low rate of embolic complications. Because of the high mortality and morbidity, it is stressed that patients wit h prosthetic valve endocarditis should be managed aggressively with su rgery.