Table 3.

Indication of surgical management of Mitral valve IE.

Indications for surgery in native valve endocarditis of mitral valve
(i) Moderate to severe or severe mitral regurgitation with or without heart failure
(ii) Vegetation size measuring more than 10 mm
(iii) Mobile vegetation
(iv) Paravalvular abscess
(v) Evidence of a single embolic phenomenon including stroke
(vi) Failure of antibiotic therapy
(vii) Infection with a fungal organism

[22].