Cardiac Pneumonia: Acute Mitral Regurgitation Causing Lobar Infiltrate

Abnormal chordae causing aortic and mitral regurgitation.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine Timisoara, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania Department of Intensive Care, Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine Timisoara, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania Department of Cardiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine Timisoara, Victor Babes Unive...

Acute Mitral Regurgitation in Man

Four patients are presented who developed acute mitral regurgitation 5 days, 2, 3, and 18 months, respectively, before cardiac catheterization. The hemodynamic findings in the three early cases resemble those found in the presence of a constricting pericardium: left and right ventricular, as well as left and right atrial pressures, equilibrated during diastole. As expected, giant left atrial v ...

The Treatment of Acute Lobar Pneumonia.

Unusual insertion of a mitral chord causing severe valve regurgitation.

An anomalous mitral chord determining prolapse of the anterior leaflet and severe regurgitation (Figs. 1 and 2) was found in a 58-year-old woman with no history of endocarditis. This abnormality is extremely rare and its rarity can lead to a misdiagnosis. Valve repair was feasible and effective, which allowed us to avoid prosthetic replacement. www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts European Journal of ...

Methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy causing severe mitral valve regurgitation

A 29-year-old woman with a history of methamphetamine abuse presented with acute pulmonary oedema, palpitations, dyspnoea and cough in the context of sinus tachycardia. Past medical history was unremark-able. On examination, a systolic murmur was elicited and trans-thoracic echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral valve regurgitation. In addition , moderate left ventricular dysfunction with ...