Pulmonary Valve Infective Endocarditis in an Adult Patient with Severe Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis and Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

A hypertensive 76-year-old man with severe pulmonary valve stenosis (PVS) and recent initiation of haemodialysis was referred with fever, chills, and asthenia. One month prior, he had been admitted with similar symptoms. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) had shown a PVS and no valve vegetations w...

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Main Authors: Juan Lacalzada, Cristina Enjuanes, Maria Manuela Izquierdo, Antonio Barragán Acea, Alejandro De La Rosa, Ignacio Laynez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Cardiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/798956
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