Unusual Aorto-mitral Discontinuity Caused by Infective Endocarditis.

Unusual Aorto-mitral Discontinuity Caused by Infective Endocarditis. Intern Med. 2019 May 22;: Authors: Nakagawa T, Mori M, Tada H, Ohira M, Iino K, Hayashi K, Takemura H, Yamagishi M, Kawashiri MA Abstract Aorto-mitral discontinuity is considered a relatively rare complication of infective endocarditis, usually requiring invasive surgical procedures, including double valve replacement in addition to aortic root replacement/repair. In the present case report, images were produced using transthoracic echocardiograms and transesophageal echocardiography, which may assist in the planning of surgical procedures. The images captured using real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography revealed aorto-mitral discontinuity and a perforated mitral valve aneurysm of the anterior leaflet. PMID: 31118390 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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