Acute endocarditis of a percutaneously placed pulmonary valve

Abstract

Endocarditis of percutaneously placed pulmonary valve is increasingly being recognized and reported as a potentially life-threatening complication. In this report, we discuss a 17-year-old male who presented with septic shock secondary to staphylococcal endocarditis of a percutaneously placed pulmonary valve.

Keywords

• Congenital heart disease
• endocarditis
• heart valve
• in adults
• prosthesis (bioprosthetic)
• pulmonary valve
• xenograft