What are some of the medical and surgical therapies for mitral annular abscess complicating infectious endocarditis?
Medical therapies for mitral annular abscess complicating infectious endocarditis include successful medical therapy as described in Kunis et al. (1986) and Vlessis et al. (1996). Surgical therapies for mitral annular abscess include identification of abscess formation using transesophageal echocardiography as described in Rohmann et al. (1991) and Leung et al. (1994). Other surgical therapies include frequency of ring abscess and cuspal infection as described in Fernicola and Roberts (1993) and perivalvular extension of infection as described in Carpenter (1991).