Infective endocarditis is a serious disease characterized by ulcerative lesions resulting from the implantation of a microorganism on the endocardium. Extracardiac complications of infective endocarditis are often related to the migration of emboli from valvular vegetations. The present report describes an acute left lower limb ischemia revealing infective endocarditis on a native mitral valve in a 29-year-old female. Our case illustrates an unusual clinical presentation of infective endocarditis on a native valve and describes a delayed conservative surgical management of the native valve with a good outcome.
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