Ventricular Septal Defect and Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis

Stefano Sforna; Laura Padoan; Marco Del Papa; Egle Grikstaite; Mariagrazia Sardone; Ketty Savino

doi:10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_25_23

Ventricular Septal Defect and Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis

J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2023 Apr-Jun;33(2):95-97. doi: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_25_23. Epub 2023 Aug 14.

Authors

Stefano Sforna¹, Laura Padoan¹, Marco Del Papa¹, Egle Grikstaite², Mariagrazia Sardone², Ketty Savino¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
² Department of Cardiology, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.

Abstract

Right-sided infective endocarditis (IE), which represents a small but not negligible percentage of IE cases, can be observed in patients with congenital heart diseases. We discuss the case of a young woman with unrepaired perimembranous ventricular septal defect and repeated episodes of right ventricle and tricuspid valve IE with septic embolism.

Keywords: Congenital heart disease; echocardiography; perimembranous ventricular septal defect; right-sided infective endocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports