Ventriculo-atrial shunt causing tricuspid endocarditis: its percutaneous removal.
A 21-year-old patient developed tricuspid endocarditis with the distal sections of two redundant ventriculo-atrial shunts remaining in the right atrium. We report their percutaneous removal using a Dotter basket.
Bellamy
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Regional Adult Cardiothoracic Unit, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, U.K.
Roberts
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Ramsdale
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D000328:Adult; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014261:Tricuspid Valve