Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss · May 2006
Case Reports[Unusual outcome of mitral valve infectious endocarditis in a premature infant].
The authors report a case of Staphylococcus Aureus infectious endocarditis in a premature baby. Echocardiography on the 8th day of life showed a large vegetation on the anterior mitral leaflet without significant regurgitation. Intravenous antibiotics and platelet antiaggregant therapy were given. ⋯ At one month, the development of severe mitral regurgitation led to surgical valvuloplasty in a 2 kg neonate, the vegetation on the foramen ovale having spontaneously fragmented. The ablation of the mitral vegetation associated with commissuroplasty reduced the mitral regurgitation. At 3 months after surgery, the child was asymptomatic with a minimal mitral regurgitation.
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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss · May 2006
Case Reports[Fulminant influenza type A associated myocarditis: a fatal case in an 8 year old child].
Fulminant Influenza type A-associated myocarditis are very rare in children. The clinical presentation is non specific, like flu illness, cardiogenic shock or sudden cardiac arrest. ⋯ The aim of this observation is to remind that influenza in children, usually considered as a benign illness, can exceptionally be complicated by a fulminant myocarditis. Because the possibility to recover a full myocardial function, the persistence of severe heart failure despite the medical treatment should conduct rapidly to a mechanical circulatory assistance.