Bernal J M, Gonzalez I M, Miralles P J
Int J Cardiol. 1986 Aug;12(2):255-7. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(86)90248-2.
A heroin addict who appeared to have recovered clinically from infective endocarditis of the tricuspid valve as judged by the usual criteria underwent prophylactic resection of a large vegetation on the tricuspid valve in order to prevent severe pulmonary embolism. Prophylactic surgery was justified by the size and as judged by cross-sectional echocardiography of the vegetation and its morphology.
一名海洛因成瘾者，根据常规标准判断，其似乎已从三尖瓣感染性心内膜炎临床康复。为预防严重肺栓塞，对该患者的三尖瓣上一个较大赘生物进行了预防性切除。根据赘生物的大小以及经胸超声心动图对其形态的判断，预防性手术是合理的。
