[HSF] Endocarditis with splenic infarct

[prasannasimha]

Hal - I Echo that statement.
Prasanna
Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> Nand,
>   Did you consider repairing, rather than replacing the mitral  valve?  Over 
> the past 10 years, I've been able to repair probably 50% of my  SBE cases.  As 
> far as I can recall, I've never seen a recurrence.  If  the vegetation is 
> confined to one segment of the valve, then radical debridement  and 
> reconstruction using standard Carpentier techniques works well.  Of  course, if the 
> infection is scattered in several segments, then replacement is  required.
> Hal
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