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Endocarditis of the Mitral Valve Posteromedial Papillary Muscle
Author(s) -
Moorjani Narain,
Saad Rasheed,
Gallagher Patrick,
Livesey Steven
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12241
Subject(s) - medicine , papillary muscle , endocarditis , mitral valve replacement , abscess , mitral valve , intravenous drug , aortic root , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , cardiology , aortic valve replacement , aorta , bacteria , stenosis , virology , viral disease , biology , genetics , virus
A 36‐year‐old intravenous drug abuser presented with an aortic root abscess and partial rupture of the posteromedial papillary muscle. Following aortic and mitral valve replacement, histological and microbiological analysis of the papillary muscle demonstrated methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infection. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12241 (J Card Surg 2014;29:213–215)