Open AccessInfective endocarditis-induced complete closure of a ventricular septal defect and complete heart block in a child
Author(s) -
Umadevi Karuru,
Jay Relan,
Kothari Ss,
Saurabh Kumar Gupta,
Sachin Talwar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_17_21
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , heart block , closure (psychology) , cardiology , endocarditis , heart septal defect , electrocardiography , market economy , economics
We hereby report rare occurrence of irreversible complete heart block in a child with tricuspid valve infective endocarditis. The tricuspid valve vegetation also caused complete closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect, which was later discovered during surgery.