Right-sided endocarditis complicating an atrial septal defect.
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.
Aliaga
L
L
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain. aliaga80@hotmail.com
Santiago
F M
FM
Martí
J
J
Sampedro
A
A
Rodríguez-Granger
J
J
Santalla
J A
JA
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