A Case of Ventricular Septal Defect in an Adult Patient That Was Associated with Infective Endocarditis-Induced Destruction of the Aortic and Anterior Mitral Valves

Shu Nishimura; Koji Oiwa; Koutaro Kanda; Masashi Kobori; Takafumi Inoue; Takaharu Yahata; Michiaki Matsumoto; Noriyuki Tabuchi

doi:10.4264/numa.75.3_123

January 1, 2016Journal of Nihon University Medical AssociationOpen Access

A Case of Ventricular Septal Defect in an Adult Patient That Was Associated with Infective Endocarditis-Induced Destruction of the Aortic and Anterior Mitral Valves

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Population

46-year-old male presenting with fever, general malaise, heart failure, and infective endocarditis with aortic valve vegetation (n=1)

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Intervention

Antibiotics and heart failure treatment followed by emergency aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, and ventricular septal defect patch closure

Implication

This case highlights a rare presentation of left-sided infective endocarditis in an adult with an undiagnosed ventricular septal defect with a left-to-right shunt.

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A Case of Ventricular Septal Defect in an Adult Patient That Was Associated with Infective Endocarditis-Induced Destruction of the Aortic and Anterior Mitral Valves

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A Case of Ventricular Septal Defect in an Adult Patient That Was Associated with Infective Endocarditis-Induced Destruction of the Aortic and Anterior Mitral Valves

Structured PICO

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