title: [Infectious endocarditis of the right heart. Apropos of 10 cases].
abstract: Ten cases of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE) were recorded in a retrospective study over a 5 year period (1984-88). In 8 cases, IE complicated known congenital heart disease. One patient was followed up for rhumatic valvular disease and in the remaining case, IE seemed to have occurred on a normal valve. The inclusion criteria were based on the clinical signs: prolonged pyrexia, the finding of a new murmur or a change on cardiac auscultation, and eventually, the occurrence of a complication (7 cases). The commonest complications were right ventricular failure and pulmonary embolism. A portal of entry was found in 5 cases: dental infection in 3 cases, osteomyelitis in 1 case and an abscess on the right leg in 1 case. Blood cultures were positive in 5 cases and grew a staphylococcus aureus on each occasion. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed vegetations in 9 cases. The short-term outcome was satisfactory. There were no fatalities and 5 patients underwent surgery.
authors.affiliation: Département de l'appareil cardiovasculaire, CHU Avicenne, Maroc.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mesbahi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benomar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
vernacular_title: L'endocardite infectieuse du coeur droit. A propos de 10 observations.