Pulmonary valve endocarditis caused by right ventricular outflow obstruction in association with sinus of valsalva aneurysm: a case report

BACKGROUND: Right-sided infective endocarditis is uncommon. This is primarily seen in patients with intravenous drug use, pacemaker or central venous lines, or congenital heart disease. The vast majority of cases involve the tricuspid valve. Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis is extremely rare. W...

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Autores principales: Nishida, Katsufumi, Fukuyama, Osamu, Nakamura, Dean S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18627635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-46

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18627635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-46

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