Echocardiography is a useful non-invasive modality for the diagnosis of isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis.
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May support echocardiography for diagnosing isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in select cases; leaves open validation in larger series.
A patient is described in whom diagnosis of isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis was made by M-mode and two dimensional echocardiography. Angiography confirmed the presence of vegetations on the pulmonary valve. At cardiac surgery a quadricuspid, non-stenotic valve with ruptured medial leaflet covered by necrotic vegetations and a small ventricular septal defect were found.
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