Transthoracic echo was done which revealed large vegetation on both mitral valve leaflets with a size of 32 X 15 mm on the posterior mitral leaflet ( Additional file 1: Pic. 1).

A Case Report of Fungal Mitral-Valve Endocarditis Francisco L. Moreno-Martínez, MD; Félix H. López, MD; Roberto Bermúdez, MD; Alvaro Lagomasino, MD; Ramona Lastayo, MD; Omaida J. López-Bernal, MD ...

The vegetation on the tricuspid valve was removed. A 5 × 5 mm fistula, located 20 mm above the aortic root, was noted and repaired with a pericardial patch.

Goldberg emphasized the meager data on surgery for drug use-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis, with most societal recommendations extrapolated from the literature on left-sided endocarditis ...

Endocarditis is a life-threatening disease that involves inflammation of the endocardium, heart valve, and vascular intima. Endocarditis is caused by pathogenic bacteria - around 90% of the cases ...

Though she remained asymptomatic for endocarditis, an echocardiogram revealed aortic insufficiency and mitral valve vegetation and regurgitation, the authors wrote. The woman continued to take ...

Among patients with infective endocarditis, a vegetation size of greater than 10 mm was associated with higher likelihood of embolism and mortality, according to a meta-analysis.Researchers ...

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Infective endocarditis appeared to be less common after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation with the Sapien pulmonic transcatheter heart valve vs. the Melody valve, according to published ...

Only around 3–10 people in every 100,000 will develop endocarditis each year. But the number of individuals affected by endocarditis has been growing in recent years because more people are ...