Supravalvular mitral remnant: The other side of the… valve.
Luca Dell'AngelaGiuseppe GattiMarco MorosinGerardina LardieriPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
We report a challenging clinical case of an atypical supravalvular mitral remnant in recent mitral and aortic valve replacement with mechanical valve prostheses, associated with postoperative recurrent inflammatory episodes overlapped with difficult anticoagulation. Negative myocardial scintigraphy was associated with persistence of negative blood cultures. Serial echocardiographic evaluation was performed before and after antimicrobial treatment, and at 3 months follow-up a transesophageal echocardiography showed the persistence of the mass. Diagnostic suspect was finally confirmed.
Keyphrases
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- mitral valve
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- left atrial
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- patients undergoing
- venous thromboembolism
- staphylococcus aureus
- pulmonary hypertension
- computed tomography