CHF: Congestive heart failure; CI: Contraindication; DM: Diabetes mellitus; ICU: Intensive care unit; IE: Infective endocarditis; iv.: Intravenous; LV: Left ventricle ...

followed by mitral valve (30%) Healthcare contact is an emerging risk factor for non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis. Injection drug use is a relatively infrequent cause of endocarditis in this ...

Infective endocarditis involving the mitral valve leaflets leads to dysfunctional ... present but is also non-specific. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the preferred modality in the ...

Transthoracic echocardiography (TEE) is the primary approach to both diagnosis and pathophysiologic evaluation of mitral ... to prevent bacterial endocarditis unless a prosthetic valve is present.

Risk for symptomatic embolism can be predicted via echocardiographic vegetation features in patients with infective endocarditis.

According to Duke, Margaret, a high school freshman, needed the valve replacement immediately after she contracted a bacterial infection (endocarditis) that created large holes in her mitral valve.