A 39-year-old woman with silent endocarditis of a caged-ball mitral valve

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Nov;14(11):1116. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet089. Epub 2013 May 31.

Authors

Klaus A Storm¹, Christoph Hammerstingl, Georg Nickenig, Ulrich M Becher, Vedat Tiyerili

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 23729756
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet089

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
Humans
Mitral Valve / physiopathology
Mitral Valve / surgery
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
Reoperation / methods
Severity of Illness Index
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
Staphylococcal Infections / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome