[Recurrent bacterial endocarditis with involvement of the tricuspid valve after surgical correction of congenital heart defect].
A case of recurrent tricuspid valve endocarditis after surgical closure of ventricular septal defect is presented. Intensive medical treatment lasting nearly ten years completely failed. There were still vegetations attached to the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve with positive cultures (Ps. aeruginosa). Persistent sepsis without signs of heart failure required surgical intervention. Tricuspid valvuloplasty with excision of infected patch was successfully performed. Six months later the patient remained symptomless.
Kowalski
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M
Kliniki Szybkiej Diagnostyki i I Kliniki Kardiochirurgii Instytutu Kardiologii, Warszawie.
Rydlewska-Sadowska
W
W
Rózański
J
J
Borowiecka
E
E
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
Nawracajace bakteryjne zapalenie wsierdzia z zajeciem zastawki trójdzielnej po operacyjnej korekcji wrodzonej wady serca.