title: Double-chambered right ventricle with pulmonary valve endocarditis.
abstract: We describe a rare case of pulmonary valve endocarditis associated with a double-chambered right ventricle in an adolescent male highlighting the two-dimensional and three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic findings. He was managed with aggressive antibiotic therapy followed by surgery. The echocardiographic findings were confirmed during surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Topiwala National Medical College & B Y L Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Ajay S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chaurasia
authors.forename: Jaywant M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nawale
authors.forename: Madhusudan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Yemul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: bacterial endocarditis; congenital heart disease; live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography; perimembranous ventricular septal defect; pulmonary valve; right ventricle