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Transesophagial echocardiography (TEE) image is showing two mobile vegetations over anterior and posterior mitral leaflet before treatment of case number one.
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The transesophagial echocardiogram revealed freely mobile sessile vegetation of size 5 mm x 5 mm over both anterior and posterior mitral leaflets (Fig. 1).
Transesophagial echocardiography (TEE) image is showing disappearance of vegetation after 2 weeks of culture sensitive-based antibiotic regimen of case one.
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After 1 week of antibiotics, patient became afebrile, and repeat transesophagial echo after 2 weeks revealed disappearance of vegetation (Fig. 2).
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Transesophagial echocardiography (TEE) image is showing mobile vegetation over prosthetic mitral leaflet of case 2 who died in hospital.
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The transthoracic echo demonstrated large mobile vegetation of 2 cm x 1.6 cm in size on prosthetic mitral valve (Fig. 3).