A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
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Thiago Sant’Anna Coutinho
, Bárbara Cristina Rodrigues de Almeida, Guilherme Dalcol Torres de Amorim, Monica Zappa, Clara Weksler, [...]
Thiago Sant’Anna Coutinho
, Bárbara Cristina Rodrigues de Almeida, Guilherme Dalcol Torres de Amorim, Monica Zappa, Clara Weksler, [...]
Abstract We present a case report of a patient with an infected mitral valve myxoma and a literature review on the subject. A 33-year-old female presented with a history of fever and dyspnea evolving over a few days. On admission, she had a lupus-like syndrome with positive blood cultures for Haemophilus species . Echocardiogram revealed a giant mass involving both mitral leaflets causing severe regurgitation, requiring biological mitral valve replacement. Microscopy showed an infected myxoma and the patient was discharged […]
Keywords: Cardiac, Neoplasms; Diagnostic Imaging; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Lupus Erythematosus; Magnetic Resonance; Mitral Valve/pathology; Mitral Valve/surgery