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  • Title: [Infective endocarditis with acute embolism to the lower extremity artery caused by a vegetation: report of a case].
    Author: Mawatari T, Izumiyama O, Satoh H, Baba T, Kuroda Y, Yanase Y, Kuwaki K, Morishita K.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2009 Jun; 62(6):496-9. PubMed ID: 19522213.
    Abstract:
    Successful surgical treatment of a case of infective endocarditis with embolism to a lower extremity artery is reported. A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital for the treatment of infective endocarditis. Echocardiography showed a vegetation on the non-coronary cusp of the aortic valve measuring 19 mm in diameter. We planned surgical treatment, including aortic valve replacement, however, embolism of a lower extremity artery by the vegetation occurred during the waiting period for the operation. We removed the offending vegetation from the popliteal artery and replaced the peccant aortic valve with a prosthetic valve in separate operations. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was transferred to another hospital on the 33rd day after the valve replacement surgery.
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