1. Repeat Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Replacement for Enterococcal Endocarditis
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Yoshiharu Hamanaka, Norimasa Mitsui, and Shinji Hirai
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Tricuspid valve replacement ,Mitral valve replacement ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Enterococcus faecalis ,Surgery ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Prosthetic valve endocarditis ,business ,Double valve replacement ,Enterococcal endocarditis - Abstract
A man who underwent tricuspid and mitral valve replacement with bioprostheses at 45 years of age required a second double valve replacement at 50, a third tricuspid valve replacement for enterococcal endocarditis at 57, and a third mitral valve replacement for relapsing enterococcal endocarditis at the age of 60. Recurrent Enterococcus faecalis prosthetic valve endocarditis was thought to be due to colon polyps causing intermittent infection.
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- 2001
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