A rare case of pulmonary valve infective endocarditis in a patient with ventricular septal defect

A rare case of pulmonary valve infective endocarditis in a patient with ventricular septal defect

Right-sided infective endocarditis (IE) is rare and often affects the tricuspid valve. We report a unique case of pulmonary valve IE in a patient with a predisposing congenital heart defect – a ventricular septal defect (VSD). A 23-year old man with a VSD was admitted following 3 months’ history of...

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Main Authors: Kasim, S.S (Author), Raja Shariff, R.E.F (Author), Zainal Abidin, H.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Inc., 2020
Subjects:
acne
adult
Article
bacterial endocarditis
C reactive protein
case report
central venous catheterization
clinical article
cloxacillin
color Doppler flowmetry
congenital heart malformation
fever
heart murmur
heart ventricle septum defect
human
Infective endocarditis
leukocyte count
malaise
male
methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
pulmonary valve insufficiency
pulmonary valve replacement
systolic blood pressure
transthoracic echocardiography
ventricular septal defect
young adult
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