Obstruction of left ventricular outflow tract by a calcified mass at mitral valve
A case of an unusual left ventricular outflow tract obstruction by mitral valve pathology in a 35-year old female with diabetes and end-stage renal disease is presented in the study. The patient sufferedfrom fever of an unknown origin after lower-leg amputation. Although the wound healed well, fever...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Medical Association of Zenica-Doboj Canton
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Medicinski Glasnik |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ljkzedo.com.ba/medglasnik/vol72/MG7vol2_16.pdf |
| Summary: | A case of an unusual left ventricular outflow tract obstruction by mitral valve pathology in a 35-year old female with diabetes and end-stage renal disease is presented in the study. The patient sufferedfrom fever of an unknown origin after lower-leg amputation. Although the wound healed well, fever persisted for three weeks despite a triple antibiotic treatment until the infection was resolved with vancomycin.Three months later echocardiography displayed a floating mass attached to mitral valve, producing a newly developed systolicmurmur and a mild haemodynamic obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. The calcified vegetation was probably formed during an unrecognized subacute infective endocarditis. |
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| ISSN: | 1840-0132 1840-2445 |