SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS WITH INFARCTION OF THE RIGHT HEART - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
SELMI H YACOUB M KAHLOUL N SAHNOUN S ATTIA L SFAR MT
Citation
H. Selmi et al., SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS WITH INFARCTION OF THE RIGHT HEART - REPORT OF A CASE, Annales de pediatrie, 43(8), 1996, pp. 641-643
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Annales de pediatrie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00662097
Volume
43
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
641 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-2097(1996)43:8<641:SEWIOT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Bacterial endocarditis is rare in pediatric patients but remains life- threatening. The frequency and severity of valvular amputations often result in critical hemodynamic alterations. Susceptibility of the caus ative agent to antimicrobials is a key factor. A case of subacute endo carditis in an 11-year-old boy is reported. Right-sided hemiplegia was the first manifestation. Heart failure due to infarction of the right cardiac chambers occurred under antimicrobial therapy, and the outcom e was fatal.