Kissing lesion of mitral valve - a case report
Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc
;
36(1): 130-132, Jan.-Feb. 2021. tab, graf
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: biblio-1155797
ABSTRACT
Abstract Aortic valve endocarditis can lead to secondary involvement of aorto-mitral curtain and the adjacent anterior mitral leaflet (AML). The secondary damage to AML is often caused by the infected jet of aortic regurgitation hitting the ventricular surface of the mitral leaflet, or by the pronounced bacterial vegetation that prolapses from the aortic valve into the left ventricular outflow tract. This is called 'kissing lesion'. We describe a patient with infective endocarditis of the aortic valve causing perforation of both noncoronary cusp of aortic valve and the AML, which is rare.
Full text:
Available
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Aortic Valve Insufficiency
/
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc
Journal subject:
Cardiology
/
General Surgery
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Institution/Affiliation country:
Institute of Medical Education & Research/IN
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS