Infective endocarditis causing mitral valve stenosis – a rare but deadly complication: a case report
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Infective endocarditis causing mitral valve stenosis – a rare but deadly complication: a case report
BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis rarely causes mitral valve stenosis. When present, it has the potential to cause severe hemodynamic decompensation and death. There are only 15 reported cases in the literature of mitral prosthetic valve bacterial endocarditis causing stenosis by obstruction. This case is even more unusual due to the mechanism by which functional mitral stenosis occurred. CAS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-017-1197-3