FIGURE 1  Transthoracic echocardiogram during diastole (parasternal long axis view), showing multiple vegetations on the anterior leaflet of the patient's mitral valve (arrows 1 and 2) and a 16 × 6 mm mobile vegetation on the aortic noncoronary cusp (arrow 3)

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Native triple-valve endocarditis caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus sanguis

Isil Bavunoglu, Serap Sahin, Mesut Yilmaz, Tayfur Toptas, Fehmi Tabak and Aydin Tunckale

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2007) 4, 340-343
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0906

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Figure 1.  Transthoracic echocardiogram during diastole (parasternal long axis view), showing multiple vegetations on the anterior leaflet of the patient's mitral valve (arrows 1 and 2) and a 16 times 6 mm mobile vegetation on the aortic noncoronary cusp (arrow 3)

Abbreviations: LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle.

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