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A 28-year-old pregnant woman with drug use-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis was successfully managed with intravenous antibiotics, cesarean delivery, and tricuspid valve replacement.
Case Report (n=1)
Successful management of severe tricuspid valve endocarditis in pregnancy can be achieved with planned preterm delivery followed by valve replacement.
Multidisciplinary care may permit favorable outcomes in pregnant tricuspid endocarditis; this Level 5 case leaves optimal timing and strategies open.
We report a case of intravenous drug use-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis in a 28-year-old pregnant female at 26-weeks gestation. Despite appropriate intravenous antibiotics, the patient developed life-threatening complications and underwent planned cesarean delivery at 28 weeks 6 days gestation followed by interval tricuspid valve replacement one week later. Both the patient and her infant were successfully managed through the perioperative period.
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Lin et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Intravenous drug use-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis in pregnancy (n=1). Intravenous antibiotics, planned cesarean delivery, and interval tricuspid valve replacement was evaluated on Successful management through the perioperative period. A 28-year-old pregnant woman with drug use-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis was successfully managed with intravenous antibiotics, cesarean delivery, and tricuspid valve replacement.
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