Right‐sided endocarditis: eustachian valve and coronary sinus involvement | Zendy

Kumar Kartik R. | Zendy; Haider Samran | Zendy; Sood Aditya | Zendy; Mahmoud Karim A.I. | Zendy; Mostafa Ashraf | Zendy; Afonso Luis C. | Zendy; Kottam Anupama R. | Zendy

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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.

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