Unusual cause of pulsatile liver. A case report.
A patient with tricuspid atresia developed a pulsatile liver after palliative cardiac surgery. This was complicated by infective endocarditis causing gross mitral incompetence; it is postulated that this was the cause of the pulsatile liver.
Pelteret
R M
RM
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town.
de Moor
M M
MM
D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011674:Pulse; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*