[Conservative mitral valve surgery in the treatment of mitral regurgitation due to infective endocarditis. Report of 21 cases].

Background: To evaluate the feasibility of mitral valve repair in patients with infective endocarditis (IE).

Methods And Results: Forty-seven patients operated for mitral endocarditis between 1995 and 2005; 21 underwent mitral valve repair. The repair was performed for acute endocarditis in seven patients at a median of 14 days after the onset of treatment and 14 patients for healed endocarditis after a median of six months.

[Haemangioma of the right atrium revealed by cardiogenic shock].

Intracardiac haemangioma is a very rare primary benign tumour. A 20 year old female patient, with no significant previous medical history, presented to the emergency department with cardiovascular collapse and vague abdominal pains, with no peripheral signs of cardiac failure. The electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm with diffuse reploarisation disturbances.