Early prosthetic endocarditis by an atypical germ, mitral perivalvular abscess mitral perivalvular abscess: rocking motion
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infectious endocarditis, B. hanselae, early infectious endocarditis, prosthetic thrombosis.Abstract
80 year-old patient with an incidental finding of thrombotic mitral valve disease. Prosthetic mitral endocarditis probably as a complication of the previous finding (B. hanselae). This cause is unique due to the unusual clinical presentation and the cause of the infection. The new multimodality imaging techniques were a key factor to establish a correct diagnosis.
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