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Case Reports
. 1991 Mar;99(3):757-9.
doi: 10.1378/chest.99.3.757.

Left atrial bacterial mural endocarditis

G S Bierbrier  1 , R J Novick, C Guiraudon, G Wisenberg, D Boughner
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Case Reports

Left atrial bacterial mural endocarditis

G S Bierbrier et al. Chest. 1991 Mar.

Abstract

An unusual case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis confined to the mural left atrium is presented. Echocardiographic studies revealed a 1.5 x 2.0-cm vegetation mimicking a myxoma situated in the path of a mitral regurgitant jet on a color Doppler test. Emboli to upper and lower extremities and brain complicated the patient's preoperative course. Surgical excision and pathologic examination confirmed this rare occurrence.

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