title: Infectious endocarditis of a Chiari network.
abstract: We present the case of a 62-year-old man with infectious endocarditis in a Chiari network. Chiari networks are present in 1.5% to 3% of the population. Although Chiari networks are usually clinically insignificant, they are associated with a number of conditions, including patent foramen ovale, thromboembolism, atrial aneurysm, and cardiac arrhythmias. Although there are rare reports of patients with a Chiari network who had endocarditis develop, this is the first report of a patient who had endocarditis develop solely within a Chiari network.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Maritime Heart Centre, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: Darrin M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Roger J F
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baskett
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae