Korean Circ J.
2021 Mar;51(3):283-285. 10.4070/kcj.2020.0502.
Recurrent Infective Endocarditis Following Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip System
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- 1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- 2Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Omihachiman Community Medical Center, Shiga, Japan
- 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Omihachiman Community Medical Center, Shiga, Japan
- KMID: 2513528
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2020.0502
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Figure 1 Infective endocarditis following MitraClip implantation.Transesophageal echocardiography showing large vegetations (arrowheads); (A) Long-axis view, (B) Four-chamber view. (C) Surgical view from the left atrium showing several nodular vegetations. (D) Excised vegetations and a clipped native mitral valve (arrows). (E) Histological findings reveal bacterial colonies.RV = right ventricle; LV = left ventricle; Ao = aorta.
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1. Asmarats L, Rodriguez-Gabella T, Chamandi C, et al. Infective endocarditis following transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: a systematic review. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018; 92:583–591. PMID: 29745455.2. Weiss E, Dwivedi A, Vainrib AF, et al. Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis following percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair. Struct Heart. 2017; 1:293–295.
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