AUTHOR=Chu PeiShan , Tang Yi , Liu XinPei , Miao Qi 

TITLE=Case Report: Pericardial patch repair of mitral annulus and mitral valve for a left atrial dissection caused by parasitic infective endocarditis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1239019

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1239019

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>Left atrial dissection is a rare event, typically associated with cardiac manipulation. We report the first case of a left atrial dissection caused by parasitic infectious endocarditis, which required the use of patch repair for the damaged mitral annulus and valve.</p></sec><sec><title>Case Presentation</title><p>To treat heart failure in a 43-year-old man with left atrial dissection, we performed a patch repair of the mitral annulus and valve using autologous pericardium.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>We encourage novel surgery for complicated infectious endocarditis.</p></sec>