Isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with ventricular septal defect / Walid Amil, Imelda V. Caole

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Abstract: Congenital Heart Disease is the substrate for 11 percent to 31 percent of Infective Endocarditis cases in the Philippines. There has been 5 cases reported worldwide of isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with VSD and none in the Philippines . This is a case of an isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with VSD, which was echocardiographically documented and monitored and initially treated medically. The case also demonstrates the importance of echo in IE management. Objectives This presentation describes a case of an isolated involvement of the pulmonic valve in infective endocarditis in a patient with (VSD), which was echocardiographically documented and monitored, and initially treated medically. This case also demonstrates the importance of echocardiography in the management of IE.

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Congenital Heart Disease is the substrate for 11 percent to 31 percent of Infective Endocarditis cases in the Philippines. There has been 5 cases reported worldwide of isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with VSD and none in the Philippines . This is a case of an isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with VSD, which was echocardiographically documented and monitored and initially treated medically. The case also demonstrates the importance of echo in IE management.
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This presentation describes a case of an isolated involvement of the pulmonic valve in infective endocarditis in a patient with (VSD), which was echocardiographically documented and monitored, and initially treated medically. This case also demonstrates the importance of echocardiography in the management of IE.

In: Acta Medica Philippina, 2006 vol. 40 (2) pages: 58-61

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