Infected ventricular septal defect.
This paper reports a case of recurrent septic pulmonary emboli resulting from bacterial endocarditis on a ventricular septal defect. This was managed by the removal of vegetations, resection of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve, closure of the ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary embolectomy. The literature regarding the incidence and mortality of bacterial endocarditis on ventricular septal defects, and the management of the infected tricuspid valve, is reviewed. The patient remains well two and a half years after surgery.
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery