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INFECTED VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
Author(s) -
WINDSOR H. M.,
NOBLE N.,
CHANG V. P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1981.tb05955.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , tricuspid valve , cardiology , pulmonary valve , surgery , heart septal defect
This paper reports a case of recurrent septic pulmonary emboli resulting from bacterial endocarditis on a ventricular septal defect. This was managed by the removal of vegetations, resection of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve, closure of the ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary embolectomy. The literature regarding the incidence and mortality of bacterial endocarditis on ventricular septal defects, and the management of the infected tricuspid valve, Is reviewed. The patient remains well two and a half years after surgery.