Kokyu to junkan. Respiration & circulation
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Case Reports
[A case report of two mitral valve aneurysms with one perforation after two attacks of infective endocarditis].
Aneurysms of the mitral valve complicating infective endocarditis (IE) are uncommon. The patient was a 57-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital for a precise examination of heart failure. One year before, the first two-dimensional echocardiography showed an aneurysm of the anterior mitral leaflet possibly due to a previous attack of IE. ⋯ This time, his family consented to the surgical treatment. Aortic and mitral valve replacement was successfully performed. It was pathologically confirmed that the two mitral aneurysms had been caused by IE.