Staphylococcus lugdunensis Endocarditis in a 35-Year-Old Woman in Her 24th Week of Pregnancy

Figure 1

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), 4-chamber view of the heart. (a) The mitral valve is thickened and dysfunctional due to a floating vegetation (white arrow) on the anterior mitral leaflet; LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle. (b) Color Doppler sonography shows severe mitral regurgitation.

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