Cerebral hemorrhage after mitral valve replacement in a patient with active infective endocarditis during the acute phase of a cerebellar infarction: a case report
Abstract:A 60-year-old woman presented with a high fever (39°C or higher). Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large and mobile vegetation on the anterior mitral leaflet with moderate mitral regurgitation. Computed tomography revealed a cerebellar infarction. The large vegetation had extended into the mitral annulus and had become mobile, and furthermore the patient failed with cardiac decompensation. Although the cerebellar infarction was still in the acute phase, we performed a radical resection of the vegetati… Show more
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