Successful surgical treatment approach for mitral valve vegetation of infective endocarditis after severe soft tissue infection with mediastinitis | Zendy

Uchida Kenichiro | Zendy; Takahashi Yosuke | Zendy; Shibata Toshihiko | Zendy; Mizobata Yasumitsu | Zendy

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Successful surgical treatment approach for mitral valve vegetation of infective endocarditis after severe soft tissue infection with mediastinitis

Author(s) -

Uchida Kenichiro,

Takahashi Yosuke,

Shibata Toshihiko,

Mizobata Yasumitsu

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4209

Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , infective endocarditis , endocarditis , thoracotomy , mitral valve , vegetation (pathology) , surgery , bacteremia , cardiology , antibiotics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Transesophageal echocardiography is mandatory if you do suspect infective endocarditis. By approaching via a small right thoracotomy, vegetectomy and mitral valvuloplasty following severe mediastinitis were successfully accomplished without any complications.

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