Two Cases of Right Atrial Mural Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus Aureus

Andrew M Wilson; Yuyang Richard Lu

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2015.12.095

Two Cases of Right Atrial Mural Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus Aureus

Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Oct;25(10):e119-21. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.12.095. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

Authors

Andrew M Wilson¹, Yuyang Richard Lu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
² St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27256908
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.12.095

Abstract

Mural endocarditis is a rare clinical entity with an extremely high mortality rate. It is usually predisposed by an underlying structural intracardiac abnormality. We present two cases of mural endocarditis occurring in the right atrium which were complicated by septic pulmonary embolism, one of which was predisposed by a jet lesion secondary to a coronary artery fistula. Both cases were successfully managed conservatively with excellent long-term outcomes.

Keywords: Coronary artery fistula; Mural endocarditis.

Copyright © 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / physiopathology
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / therapy
Heart Atria
Humans
Male
Staphylococcal Infections* / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections* / physiopathology
Staphylococcal Infections* / therapy
Staphylococcus aureus*