Gaint atrial vegetation complicated with multiple pulmonary abceses
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Right infective endocarditis, pulmonary abscesses, pseudomonas aureginosa.Abstract
Right infective endocarditis (IE) causes 5-10% of IE cases. It is more common in intravenous drug abuser, although it can occur in patients with intracardiac devices, venous catheters, or congenital heart disease. The most common manifestations are persistent fever, bacteremia, and pulmonary septic emboli. Surgery is recommended when symptoms are intractable, failure of medical treatment, or recurrent septic emboli. We present the case of an immunosuppressed 44-year-old male patient, who presented with endocarditis associated with a hemodialysis catheter, with right atrial vegetation complicated by multiple pulmonary septic emboli, who underwent successful vegetation removal surgery.
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