Giant Vegetation in a Mitral Prosthetic Valve
Journal Title: Clinical Medical Image Library - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Forty-eight-year-old woman with history of mechanical prosthetic replacement of mitral and aortic valves in February 2005, came to emergency department with fatigue, weakness and chills since two months and dyspnea and edema of lower limbs from three days. The physical examination revealed jugular engorgement, peripheral edema, normal prosthetic clicks and mitral regurgitant murmur II/IV.
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