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Postoperative Mitral Valve Abscess

A Case Report

Paul J. Leo, DO

Barry Saul, MD, FACA, FACC, FACP, FCCP

Jeremiah Gelles, MD, FACC, FACP

David Chu, MD

Paul J. Leo, DO

55 Pike Street, Apt. 3A New York, New York 10002

The authors report a case of a patient with postoperative perimitral bioprosthetic abscess and probable systemic embolization. The location of the abscess is not common and the use of porcine bioprostheses is supposedly associated with a low rate of embolic compli cations. Because of the high mortality and morbidity, it is stressed that patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis should be managed aggressively with surgery.

Angiology, Vol. 48, No. 8, 749-752 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800812


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