Infectious Endocarditis of a Heterotopic Caval Valved Stent

Mohammad Kassar, MD; Ana Ovsenik, MD; Nicolas Brugger, MD; Fabian Noti, MD; Joanna Bartkowiak, MD; Raouf Madhkour, MD; Babken Asatryan, MD, PhD; Thomas Baumgartner, MD; Christoph Gräni, MD, PhD; Fabien Praz, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2023)

Infectious Endocarditis of a Heterotopic Caval Valved Stent

Mohammad Kassar, MD,
Ana Ovsenik, MD,
Nicolas Brugger, MD,
Fabian Noti, MD,
Joanna Bartkowiak, MD,
Raouf Madhkour, MD,
Babken Asatryan, MD, PhD,
Thomas Baumgartner, MD,
Christoph Gräni, MD, PhD,
Fabien Praz, MD

Affiliations

Mohammad Kassar, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr Mohammad Kassar, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 16, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.; Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ana Ovsenik, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Nicolas Brugger, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Fabian Noti, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Joanna Bartkowiak, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Raouf Madhkour, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Babken Asatryan, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Thomas Baumgartner, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Christoph Gräni, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Fabien Praz, MD: Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11
p. 101761

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Right-sided infective endocarditis (IE) accounts for 5% to 10% of all IE cases. Compared with left-sided IE, it is more often associated with intravenous drug abuse and intracardiac devices, whereas the latter has become more prevalent in recent decades. The authors report the first case of IE in a heterotopic caval valved stent used for treating torrential tricuspid regurgitation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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