Diagnostic Value of Computed Tomography Angiography for Infective Endocarditis After Right Ventricle Outflow Tract Repair.

Thaler, Christina; Witt, Dawn; Casey, Susan; Kelle, Angela M; Garcia, Santiago; Lesser, John; Han, B Kelly.

Afiliação

Thaler C; University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Witt D; Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Casey S; Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Kelle AM; Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Garcia S; The Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Lesser J; Minneapolis Heart Institute and Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Han BK; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

JACC Case Rep ; 23: 102011, 2023 Oct 04.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37954952

ABSTRACT

Congenital heart disease patients with pulmonary valve replacement or right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit have increased risk of pulmonary valve endocarditis. We present a 6-patient case series illustrating the diagnostic utility of computed tomography angiography to provide definitive visualization of pulmonary valve vegetation to aid in the diagnosis of endocarditis. (Level of Difficulty Intermediate.).

Palavras-chave

computed tomography angiography; congenital heart disease; infective endocarditis; pulmonary valve

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