TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amil,Walid
AU  - Caole,Imelda V.
TI  - Isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis in a patient with ventricular septal defect
KW  - Endocarditis
KW  - Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
N2  - 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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