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Pulmonary valve endocarditis during puerperal sepsis
F Calleja1, M G Eguaras, A Chacon
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Regional Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of pulmonary valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus during puerperal sepsis in a female patient is reported. The M-mode and two dimensional echocardiographic finding are described. A review of the literature shows that this entity is rare. A large vegetation in the leaflet of the pulmonary valve was excised and the patient recovered after a full course of antibiotics.