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ArticleCureus2023

Functional Mitral Stenosis Resulting in Recurrent Flash Pulmonary Edema: A Case Report of an Atypical Complication of Streptococcus viridans Endocarditis.

Akash Patel, Jaimin Patel

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Akash PatelDepartment of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Jaimin PatelDepartment of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) can present with a wide variety of clinical signs and symptoms, making it difficult to diagnose. Recognizing risk factors such as congenital heart disease, intravenous drug use, and prosthetic heart valves can encourage early testing with blood cultures and echocardiography, leading to prompt diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics. Despite early detection and treatment, IE can still result in permanent damage of the affected heart valves, most commonly resulting in valvular regurgitation and signs and symptoms of heart failure. Clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion as prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent morbidity and mortality. Valvular stenosis as a result of IE, unlike valvular regurgitation, is extremely rare and has only been described a handful of times in literature. We present a unique case of

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endocarditisfunctional mitral stenosismitral valve vegetationstreptococcus viridansvalvular heart failure

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PMID37288189
PMCPMC10243281

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