Long-Term Outcomes After Mitral Valve Replacement and Tricuspid Annuloplasty in Rheumatic Patients.

Background: Late tricuspid regurgitation is a common finding in patients with rheumatic valvular disease after mitral valve replacement surgery. However, the long-term benefit of concomitant tricuspid valve annuloplasty has not been established in this population.

Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study in a tertiary hospital.

Polymicrobial Q Fever and enterococcal aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis with aortic root abscess.

Polymicrobial endocarditis is uncommon. We present a case of polymicrobial endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis and Coxiella burnetii and review previous cases of polymicrobial endocarditis involving Coxiella burnetii. Testing for Q fever should be considered in any patient with endocarditis living in an endemic area.