A Case of Renal Hemorrhage after Open Heart Surgery for Infective Endocarditis with Renal Infarction

Matsumoto Atsushi, Yasuda Shota, Cho Tomoki, Matsuki Yusuke, Kobayashi Yoshiyuki, Mori Kaori, Uchida Keiji

doi:10.4326/jjcvs.52.83

<p>A 55-year-old woman with fever and consciousness disorder diagnosed as infective endocarditis was transported to our hospital. She had atopic dermatitis. A mobile vegetation at the mitral valve was revealed by the transesophageal echocardiography, and a computed tomography (CT) scan showed cerebral infarction, left renal infarction and suspected embolization of the vegetation. Streptococcus aureus was detected in the blood culture test. We conducted emergent surgery, mitral valve plasty was performed. On the second day after the operation, the hemoglobin began to decrease, and the hemodynamics became unstable. The contrast CT examination revealed arterial bleeding from the left kidney, which had an infarction before the operation. We performed emergent catheter liquid embolization for the superior polar branch of the left renal artery, and the hemodynamics improved thereafter. There has been no report of renal hemorrhage after cardiac surgery for infective endocarditis. This case reminded us that cardiac surgery for infective endocarditis may cause various complications of organs.</p>

A Case of Renal Hemorrhage after Open Heart Surgery for Infective Endocarditis with Renal Infarction

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