TRICUSPID-VALVE ENDOCARDITIS WITH LARGE VEGETATIONS IN A NONDRUG ADDICT WITHOUT UNDERLYING CARDIAC DISEASE

Authors
IWAMA T SHIGEMATSU S ASAMI K KUBO I KITAZUME H TANABE S MATSUNAGA Y
Citation
T. Iwama et al., TRICUSPID-VALVE ENDOCARDITIS WITH LARGE VEGETATIONS IN A NONDRUG ADDICT WITHOUT UNDERLYING CARDIAC DISEASE, Internal medicine, 35(3), 1996, pp. 203-206
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
203 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1996)35:3<203:TEWLVI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report a case of gamma-streptococcal tricuspid valve endocarditis i n a patient with no history of intravenous drug abuse, Echocardiograph y revealed large vegetations on the anterior and septal cusps. The pat ient had persistent fever and recurrent septic pulmonary embolism desp ite prolonged antibiotic therapy. However tricuspid valve replacement was successful.