Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis without cardiac anomaly in an infant.
A patient with isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis without congenital heart disease was diagnosed at an early stage. Simple valvulectomy without replacement was successfully performed during the active stage of infection.
Fukaya
Y
Y
Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Iida
F
F
Yanagiya
N
N
Nobara
H
H
Nisimura
K
K
Nakano
H
H
Morimoto
M
M
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents