Systemic and pulmonary embolization in a patient with patent ductus arteriosus

Giuliana Cerruto; Luigi Mancuso

doi:10.1016/j.euje.2005.05.006

Systemic and pulmonary embolization in a patient with patent ductus arteriosus

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2005 Oct;6(5):376-8. doi: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.05.006.

Authors

Giuliana Cerruto¹, Luigi Mancuso

Affiliation

¹ Hospital V. Cervello Palermo, Via Ravenna 4, 92019 Sciacca Sicily, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 16002342
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.05.006

Abstract

We report on a patient with unrecognized patent ductus arteriosus and infective endocarditis of the aortic valve with septic embolization to the right pulmonary artery and the coronary tree.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / diagnosis
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / diagnostic imaging
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / physiopathology
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / therapy*
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Embolization, Therapeutic* / methods
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed