Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Perforated Mitral Valve Aneurysm Associated with Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
Tomoyuki Takayama, Masanori Teramura, Hiroshi Sakai, Shinji Tamaki, Tabito Okabayashi, Takeshi Kawashima, Takashi Yamamoto, Minoru Horie, Tomoaki Suzuki, Tohru Asai
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Keywords: mitral valve aneurysm, anti-phospholipid syndrome, Libman-Sacks endocarditis, mitral valve plasty
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2008 Volume 47 Issue 18 Pages 1605-1608

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Abstract

The perforation of a mitral valve aneurysm is a rare disease which induces acute mitral regurgitation and is usually induced by infective endocarditis; however, in this case report, acute heart failure was caused by a perforated mitral valve aneurysm that was speculated to be due to Libman-Sacks endocarditis with systemic lupus erythematosis and secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome. Mitral valve plasty was performed and thereafter heart failure improved.

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