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Ruptured Mitral Valve Kissing Abscess to Left Atrium in Course of Aortic Valve Endocarditis

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A Fazlinezhad 1,*, A Mirzaeei 2, M Alvandi Azari 3
1Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center (CRC), Ghaem University Hospital, Mashhad, Iran
2Associate Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ghaem University Hospital, Mashhad, Iran
3Associate Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ghaem University Hospital, Mashhad, Iran
*Corresponding Author: MD, Number 38, 5th North Daneshsara St., Abkooh Ave, Mashhad, Iran, fafsoon@hotmail.com. Tel: +98-5117298932; +98-9153134470. Fax: +98-5118414773. Email: fafsoon@hotmail.com

Shiraz E-Medical Journal:Vol. 12, issue 2; 112-117
Published online:Apr 02, 2011
Article type:Case Report
Received:Aug 03, 2010
Accepted:Mar 19, 2011
How to Cite:Fazlinezhad A, Mirzaeei A, Alvandi Azari M. Ruptured Mitral Valve Kissing Abscess to Left Atrium in Course of Aortic Valve Endocarditis. Shiraz E-Med J. 2011;12(2):20497. doi:

Abstract

In patients with infective endocarditis affecting the aortic valve, a major complication may occur in a mechanism of direct extension of an infected jet of aortic regurgitation striking the ventricular surface of the anterior mitral leaflet. We present a 36-year-old male with infective endocarditis of the bicuspid aortic valve, who developed a secondary infection complicated by a Mitral valve leaflet kissing abscess.

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