Atrial Septal Defect Closure Device–Related Infective Endocarditis in a 20-Week Pregnant Woman

Navneet Sharma, MD; Ul Weena, MD; John Medamana, MD; Noelle Mann, MD; Paul Strachan, MD; Joanna Chikwe, MD; Smadar Kort, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Atrial Septal Defect Closure Device–Related Infective Endocarditis in a 20-Week Pregnant Woman

Navneet Sharma, MD,
Ul Weena, MD,
John Medamana, MD,
Noelle Mann, MD,
Paul Strachan, MD,
Joanna Chikwe, MD,
Smadar Kort, MD

Affiliations

Navneet Sharma, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Ul Weena, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
John Medamana, MD: Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
Noelle Mann, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Paul Strachan, MD: Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Joanna Chikwe, MD: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Smadar Kort, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Smadar Kort, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Health Sciences Center T16–080, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 300 – 303

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With increasing atrial septal defect (ASD) repairs, more women of childbearing age will have ASD closure devices. Current ASD closure trials have excluded women planning pregnancy, making their management challenging. We present a pregnant woman, with a repaired ASD, who presented with device-related infective endocarditis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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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