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

Figure 2

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE): (a) 3-chamber view of the heart: floating vegetation (white arrow) on the anterior mitral leaflet; Ao = aorta; LV = left ventricle. (b) Another projection of the floating vegetation (11 mm × 20 mm) and the destroyed mitral valve. (c) Color Doppler sonography shows severe mitral regurgitation.

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