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Infected intravenous port device causing tricuspid valve regurgitation
M Heinemann1, G Frank, K J Oldhafer
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Sepsis and tricuspid valve regurgitation developed in a 29-year-old man with Crohn's disease after implantation of an intravenous port device for parenteral nutrition. A thrombus, caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis, had grown along the catheter and prolapsed through the valve without affecting it. Complete removal in an open heart procedure led to quick recovery.