Double‐Chambered Right Ventricle with Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis

We describe a rare case of pulmonary valve endocarditis associated with a double‐chambered right ventricle in an adolescent male highlighting the two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic findings. He was managed with aggressive antibiotic therapy followed by surgery. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2013-07, Vol.30 (6), p.E167-E170
Hauptverfasser: Chaurasia, Ajay S., Nawale, Jaywant M., Yemul, Madhusudan A.
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Zusammenfassung:We describe a rare case of pulmonary valve endocarditis associated with a double‐chambered right ventricle in an adolescent male highlighting the two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic findings. He was managed with aggressive antibiotic therapy followed by surgery. The echocardiographic findings were confirmed during surgery. Mini‐ We describe a rare case of pulmonary valve endocarditis associated with a double‐chambered right ventricle in an adolescent male highlighting the two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic findings. He was managed with aggressive antibiotic therapy followed by surgery. The echocardiographic findings were confirmed during surgery.
ISSN:0742-2822
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DOI:10.1111/echo.12186