percent had systemic emboli. Conclusions from this large series were: 1) atrial fibrillation is the main cause of systemic embolism; 2) embolism is as common with mitral regurgitation as with mitral stenosis; 3) mitral valve calcification predisposes to operative emboli; 4 ) atrial appendage size has no influence on the occurrence of systemic embolism. Review of the literature has not revealed ...

Mitral and aortic valve aneurysms are uncommon, but the coexistence of both mitral and aortic valve aneurysms in the same patient is a rather unusual finding in the literature. We report a rare clinical case of a patient with both mitral and aortic valve aneurysms and a rupture of the mitral valve aneurysm, as the main echocardiographic manifestations of infective endocarditis. This clinical ca...

The perforation of a mitral valve aneurysm is a rare disease which induces acute mitral regurgitation and is usually induced by infective endocarditis; however, in this case report, acute heart failure was caused by a perforated mitral valve aneurysm that was speculated to be due to Libman-Sacks endocarditis with systemic lupus erythematosis and secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome. Mitral valv...

Prosthetic aortic valve and conduit dehiscence with periconduit cavity and ascending aortic aneurysm is an uncommon complication of aortic root surgery. It is usually recognizable at echocardiography due to an abnormal position of the prosthetic valve and conduit in relation to the native aortic annulus in conjunction with an abnormal echolucent periconduit space that fills with color flow. Mit...

A 77-year-old woman with a fractured femur was referred to our hospital because preoperative echocardiography raised suspicion of a mitral valve tumor. She had no history of unknown fever or heart murmur. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed severe mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation. A mobile lesion that appeared to be a cystic tumor (14 15 mm) was on the posteri...

   Introduction: Retinal vein occlusion  is a common vascular disorder disrupting vision. Two basic types of RVO are branch retinal vein occlusion and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).  Retinal vein occlusion is a multifactor process including systemic illness and local retinal factors.RVO may be associated with atherosclerotic risk factors. We analyzed the role of 2 dimensional transthor...

A33-year-old man presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and chest pain. He was subsequently diagnosed with Streptococcus mitis endocarditis involving the aortic valve. The initial echocardiogram revealed moderate aortic valve regurgitation and a normal mitral valve without regurgitation. The patient was treated with afterload reduction and antibiotics. Blood cultures were negative w...

Annular submitral left ventricular aneurysm, which predominantly occurs in blacks who live in tropical regions of Africa, is a relatively unknown cardiac condition in the United States. We describe a patient with submitral left ventricular aneurysm who underwent resection of the mass and of the native mitral valve, followed by mitral valve replacement.

Aneurysm of the interatrial septum and mitral valve prolapse-SUMMARY Mitral valve prolapse is common but aneurysm of the interatrial septum is rare. We report a case in which these two abnormalities of myocardial structure occurred and postulate a common aetiological mechanism.

A case of Streptococcus milleri endocarditis which caused an aneurysm of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve is reported. There is only one previous report of a mitral valve aneurysm secondary to infective endocarditis demonstrated by angiography. Streptococcus milerinormally causes endocarditis in an older age group than the patient we describe. Some salient features of this increasingly ...