Open AccessAcquired ventricular septal defect due to infective endocarditis
Author(s) -
Randi E Durden,
Joseph W. Turek,
Benjamin E. Reinking,
Manish Bansal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_130_17
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , intracardiac injection , ventricle , bicuspid aortic valve , cardiology , shunt (medical) , endocarditis , tricuspid valve , right atrium , heart septal defect , aortic valve
Acquired intracardiac left-to-right shunts are rare occurrences. Chest trauma and myocardial infection are well-known causes of acquired ventricular septal defect (VSD). There have been several case reports describing left ventricle to right atrium shunt after infective endocarditis (IE). We present here a patient found to have an acquired VSD secondary to IE of the aortic and tricuspid valves in the setting of a known bicuspid aortic valve. This is the first case reported of acquired VSD in a pediatric patient in the setting of IE along with literature review of acquired left-to-right shunts.