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(Circulation. 1967;36:449.)
© 1967 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Valvular Stenosis Produced by Active Infective Endocarditis

WILLIAM C. ROBERTS M.D.¹; GORDON A. EWY M.D.¹; D. LUKE GLANCY M.D.¹; FRANK I. MARCUS M.D.¹

¹ From the Laboratory of Pathology, Clinic of Surgery, National Heart Institute, National Instituites of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland, and the Georgetown University Medical Division, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia.

Two patients with obstructed valve orifices secondary to infective endocarditis are described. In one patient the mitral valve orifice was obstructed by large streptococcal vegetations, and in the second, the aortic valve orifice was obstructed by fungal vegetations. The occurrence of obstructive valvular lesions secondary to infective endocarditis is rare.

Key Words: Mitral stenosis • Streptococcal vegetations • Aortic stenosis • Fungal vegetations

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