Ko Kinsing, El Messaoudi Saloua, van den Heuvel Frederik, van Garsse Leen
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
JACC Case Rep. 2024 Aug 7;29(15):102405. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102405.
Mitral annular abscesses are rare and can be caused by infective endocarditis. We present the case of a patient with an infected mitral prosthesis, with multiple suspected periprosthetic abscesses. However, perioperative inspection showed a supra-annular implanted prosthesis.
二尖瓣环脓肿较为罕见,可由感染性心内膜炎引起。我们报告一例感染性二尖瓣人工瓣膜患者,伴有多个疑似人工瓣膜周围脓肿。然而,术中检查发现人工瓣膜植入于瓣环上方。