Right-sided endocarditis complicating an atrial septal defect

Am J Med Sci. 2003 May;325(5):282-4. doi: 10.1097/00000441-200305000-00005.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged