Mitral valve aneurysm
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Mitral valve aneurysm in endocarditis.
To the Editor: I read with interest the contribution by Cai et al in the “Images in Cardiovascular Medicine” section of the journal.1 They described a patient who developed severe aortic regurgitation and a mitral valve aneurysm 1 month after successful treatment of Streptococcus mitis endocarditis. The case presentation and the title implied that the mitral valve aneurysm was caused by the eff...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-0769
DOI: 10.1136/heart.84.5.534