RESUMO

In a patient with SBE in three differents ocassions in a period approximately of 9 months, the mitral valve was replaced on two occasions. The echocardiogram detected vegetations on two ocassions. The diagnosis of vegetation at the level of the mitral valve, was done for the first time in our hospital by this method. During the last admission, the echocardiogram suggested a vegetation at the level of the artificial mitral valve, projecting into the left atrium with the systole. This was confirmed by surgery.

Assuntos

Endocardite Bacteriana Subaguda/diagnóstico , Insuficiência da Valva Mitral/diagnóstico , Valva Mitral/microbiologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/diagnóstico , Adulto , Ecocardiografia , Endocardite Bacteriana Subaguda/microbiologia , Endocardite Bacteriana Subaguda/cirurgia , Próteses Valvulares Cardíacas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Masculino , Valva Mitral/cirurgia , Insuficiência da Valva Mitral/microbiologia , Insuficiência da Valva Mitral/cirurgia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/microbiologia