[Mitral valve insufficiency in a 2.5-year-old girl as a result of endocarditis? A case report]

Kardiol Pol. 2006 Jul;64(7):737-9.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We present a case of a 2.5-year-old girl with a history recurrent pneumonia, followed by decreased physical capacity. Echocardiography showed severe (grade IV) mitral regurgitation with anterior leaflet perforation. The patient was selected for cardiac surgery. The possibility of endocarditis as a cause of mitral valve insufficiency is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / methods
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / pathology
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / surgery*