Management of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis in a Patient With Congenital Heart Disease

Nadir Emre Herdan, MD; Richard Ferraro, MD; Francoise Adeline Marvel, MD; Stephanie Leigh Alden, MD; Ari Michael Cedars, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2024)

Management of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis in a Patient With Congenital Heart Disease

Nadir Emre Herdan, MD,
Richard Ferraro, MD,
Francoise Adeline Marvel, MD,
Stephanie Leigh Alden, MD,
Ari Michael Cedars, MD

Affiliations

Nadir Emre Herdan, MD: Bezmialem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Richard Ferraro, MD: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Francoise Adeline Marvel, MD: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Stephanie Leigh Alden, MD: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ari Michael Cedars, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Divisions of Pediatric and Adult Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Ari Cedars, Divisions of Pediatric and Adult Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Street, M2303, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 9
p. 102290

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We present the case of an adult patient with Kartagener’s syndrome, multiple prior sternotomies, and recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis, a scenario without clear guidelines to direct management. Ultimately, the team elected for medical management given the high mortality risk associated with surgery; the patient responded to antibiotic therapy.

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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