Double-Chambered Right Ventricle With Cough, Endocarditis, and Lung Mass

Pulmonary valve endocarditis is an uncommon complication of a double-chambered right ventricle. A persistent cough is an atypical presentation for a double-chambered right ventricle, and in this patient it was the result of pulmonary valve bacterial endocarditis with eventual bacterial vegetation em...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2010-04, Vol.89 (4), p.1299-1300
Hauptverfasser: Wilder, Travis, BS, Shah, Sangeeta, MD, Mello, Dennis, MD, Setty, Shaun P., MD
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Zusammenfassung:Pulmonary valve endocarditis is an uncommon complication of a double-chambered right ventricle. A persistent cough is an atypical presentation for a double-chambered right ventricle, and in this patient it was the result of pulmonary valve bacterial endocarditis with eventual bacterial vegetation embolization to the lung. Our patient underwent surgical repair of all cardiac defects, which resulted in the resolution of all of her symptoms.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.025