Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences (Jan 2016)

A case of PDA with infective endocarditis

  • Danny Kumar,
  • P Anand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jpcs.jpcs_60_16
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 183 – 186

Abstract

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An 18-year-old girl presented with prolonged febrile illness with dyspnea. She was asymptomatic till an episode of infective endocarditis (IE). Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) detection at this age is not unusual. IE is a common presentation of undiagnosed PDA in the second decade.

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