Successful medical therapy of mitral anular abscess complicating infective endocarditis
RL Kunis,
MV Sherrid,
JB McCabe,
MH Grieco,
and
EM Dwyer Jr
A case of staphylococcal endocarditis with the echocardiographic findings of mitral anular abscess is described. The anular mass resolved after 9 weeks of antibiotic therapy. This case illustrates that perivalvular abscess complicating infective endocarditis may respond to medical therapy.
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