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Right‐sided endocarditis: eustachian valve and coronary sinus involvement
Author(s) -
Kumar Kartik R.,
Haider Samran,
Sood Aditya,
Mahmoud Karim A.I.,
Mostafa Ashraf,
Afonso Luis C.,
Kottam Anupama R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13345
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary sinus , endocarditis , sinus (botany) , biology , botany , genus
Infective endocarditis in patients with intravenous drug use commonly involves right‐sided heart valves. Eustachian valve ( EV ) endocarditis is not commonly seen given the valve's infrequent presence. Involvement of the coronary sinus ( CS ) with endocarditis is also an unusual finding. We present a case with echocardiographic findings consistent with EV endocarditis along with CS involvement, which appropriately responded to antibiotics.