Successful surgical resection of infective endocarditis involving the left ventricular outflow tract and sigmoid septum
Tomonori Sano, Kazuma Handa, Masaru Ishida, Toshinari Onishi, Keiij Iwata · 2025
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Description
A heart infection growth in a rare spot is removed by surgery, Tomonori Sano and co-authors report in a 2025 case study. An eighty-year-old woman arrived with fever and a stroke. Scans found a mobile growth on the sigmoid septum inside the heart's outflow path, and blood tests grew a strep germ.
Growths there risk more strokes and blocked flow, so the team operated through the aorta. The growth lifted out easily under direct view, and lab checks confirmed infection. Recovery was smooth with continued antibiotics. The case shows surgery can clear even oddly placed heart growths before the next embolus flies.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tomonori Sano, Kazuma Handa, Masaru Ishida, Toshinari Onishi, Keiij Iwata |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |