Urgent Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with Multiple Peripheral Emboli due to Endocarditis

Yildirim F, Taner Kurdal A, Ozturk T, Tetik O and Iskesen I

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Turkey
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Turkey

^*Correspondance to: Yildirim F 

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Abstract

A 45 year old male patient was operated because of acute arterial occlusion in the left leg and after that in the next day; the bilateral upper extremity arterial occlusion was developed. The patient was undergone bilateral upper extremity embolectomies and urgent mitral valve operation. He was diagnosed as acute infective endocarditis and appropriate antibiotic therapy was started. Three weeks later, he was operated because of the hemorrhagic drainage from left femoral incision due the rupture of the mycotic aneurysm. The patient was discharged without complications related to operation.

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Yildirim F, Taner Kurdal A, Ozturk T, Tetik O, Iskesen I. Urgent Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with Multiple Peripheral Emboli due to Endocarditis. Clin Surg. 2016; 1: 1025.