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SUBMITTER: Hayatsu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365828 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
CJC open 20200313 4
We describe the case of a 64-year-old woman presenting with severe prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis 1 year after coronary artery bypass grafting and double valve replacement. Echocardiogram revealed high-pressure gradients through the bioprosthetic MV with a bulky vegetation. As the patient had presented operative difficulties due to severe mitral annular calcification, was in renal failure, and in the absence of any perivalvular involvement, an open-heart surgical catheter-based valve impla ...[more]