title: Right-sided endocarditis complicating an atrial septal defect.
abstract: We report the case of a 45-year-old male patient not addicted to narcotic who presented with an infective endocarditis on the pulmonary valve. He was found to have an uncomplicated secundum-type atrial septal defect. This association is an extremely rare event.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain. aliaga80@hotmail.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aliaga
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sampedro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Granger
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Santalla
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged