Open AccessMulti-Valvular Endocarditis with Underlying Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sahadeb Prasad Dhungana,
Sanjib Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nobel medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-234X
pISSN - 2091-2331
DOI - 10.3126/jonmc.v10i1.37986
Subject(s) - medicine , fulminant , asymptomatic , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , heart disease , disease , cardiology , valvular heart disease , heart murmur
The clinical picture of infective endocarditis varies from the asymptomatic stage for a long duration to an acute fulminant course. A high index of suspicion is necessary whenever a patient presents with nonspecific symptoms and some peripheral clinical signs with a cardiac murmur. We report a case of sub-acute IE involving multiple left and right side cardiac valves with underlying rheumatic heart disease (RHD).