TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis
AU - Valsky, Sonja
AU - Mutschlechner, David
AU - Wiedemann, Dominik
AU - Gremmel, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/8/23
Y1 - 2024/8/23
N2 - Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis (IPE) is a rare form of infectious endocarditis. This article reports the case of a 49-year-old patient with IPE who was initially admitted with suspected cholecystitis. After vegetations were detected by transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), antibiotic therapy in accordance with the antibiogram was primarily attempted; however, due to persistently elevated infection parameters and structural valve damage a pulmonary valve replacement was eventually performed.
AB - Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis (IPE) is a rare form of infectious endocarditis. This article reports the case of a 49-year-old patient with IPE who was initially admitted with suspected cholecystitis. After vegetations were detected by transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), antibiotic therapy in accordance with the antibiogram was primarily attempted; however, due to persistently elevated infection parameters and structural valve damage a pulmonary valve replacement was eventually performed.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00508-024-02416-3
DO - 10.1007/s00508-024-02416-3
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 39179907
SN - 1613-7671
JO - Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. The Central European Journal of Medicine
JF - Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. The Central European Journal of Medicine
ER -