title: Infected intravenous port device causing tricuspid valve regurgitation.
abstract: Sepsis and tricuspid valve regurgitation developed in a 29-year-old man with Crohn's disease after implantation of an intravenous port device for parenteral nutrition. A thrombus, caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis, had grown along the catheter and prolapsed through the valve without affecting it. Complete removal in an open heart procedure led to quick recovery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Oldhafer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmoll
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000295:instrumentation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery