J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 91(7): 914-917, 1990

Case report

ONE CASE REPORT OF MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION DUE TO THE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRAIGHT BACK SYNDROME
―A CASE REPORT―

The Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Eiji Takeuchi, Shuji Tamaki, Takashi Watanabe, Kenzou Yasuura, Minoru Tanaka, Toshio Abe

A 54 year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complant of high fever following the dental treatment. He had the straight thoracic spine with absence of physiological kyphosis. Blood culture was positive for streptococcus sanguis I. Echocardiography revealed the mitral valve regurgitation with some vegitations at the ruptured chodae tendinae of the posterior leafiet. The operation was performed after the sign of the inflammation was disappeared. We performed the mitral valve reconstruction following the Carpentier's technique. The half of the posterior leaflet was excised, and the annuloplasty and valvuloplasty was done with ease.

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