Successful tricuspid valvectomy in a septic patient with tricuspid valve endocarditis

Taimur Asif Ali; Saulat Hasnain Fatimi; Syed Saad Naeem; Wasiq Faraz Rawasia

Successful tricuspid valvectomy in a septic patient with tricuspid valve endocarditis

Taimur Asif Ali, Saulat Hasnain Fatimi, Syed Saad Naeem, Wasiq Faraz Rawasia

Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

Endocarditis is characterized by vegetations, which is a mass of platelets, fibrin, micro-colonies of micro-organisms, and inflammatory cells, in the endocardium. Over the past three decades, the incidence of right-sided endocarditis has risen dramatically in Pakistan. We report a 36-year woman with a history of repeated intravenous analgesic injections for low back pain, presenting with high grade fever, sepsis and a white cell count of 44,000 with 90% neutrophils. Echocardiography showed large mobile vegetations on Tricuspid Valve (TV). Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis (TVE) is generally responsive to medical treatment; however, about 25% of TVE patients require surgical intervention. Long-term survival of a patient is possible without a prosthetic TV replacement, particularly if the pulmonary artery pressure is normal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S8-S9
Journal	Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
Volume	25
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords

Echo-cardiography intravenous analgesic injection
Endocarditis
Tricuspid valvectomy

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Successful tricuspid valvectomy in a septic patient with tricuspid valve endocarditis

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