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Mitral valve thrombosis and infective endocarditis in a patient with prothrombin mutation.
Acta cardiologica - 1 Dec 2006
Güllülü Sümeyye, Kaderli Aysel Aydin, Ozdemir Bülent
Abstract excerpt
This report deals with a 25-year-old female patient, who was admitted to a medical centre with complaints of fatigue and arthralgia. A non-homogeneous mass originating from the posterior papillary muscle and reaching the posterior and anterior cusps of the mitral valve was evident on the patient's echocardiogram. Her intractable fever, despite adequate antibiotic therapy, led us to consult with the cardiac...
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