Right-sided Infective Endocarditis with Multiple Large Vegetations in a Case of Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report

Document Type : Case Report

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1 Senior Resident, Department Of Cardiology, JLN Hospital, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

2 Cardiologist, Department Of Cardiology, JLN Hospital, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Abstract

Herein, we present the case of a 10-year-old child suffering from right-sided infective endocarditis with ventricular septal defect. Echocardiography revealed multiple rare large vegetations on the pulmonary valve extending into pulmonary artery along with a large vegetation over the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. 

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Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3
September 2017
Pages 201-203

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