A case report on endarteritis in a child with coarctation of aorta.
Echocardiography
; 36(7): 1427-1430, 2019 07.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31237036
ABSTRACT
Coarctation of aorta(CoA), complicated by endarteritis in a children is very rare. Here we present a case of endarteritis in an unoperated CoA in a four year old boy. CoA had been diagnosed in the referring hospital, yet the diagnosis of endocarditis distal to CoA, was made in the tertiary center using modified transthoracic echo windows or focused views. After six weeks of intravenous antibiotic treatment, a coarctectomy and end-to-end anastomosis was performed and he recovered clinically well. This case report concludes that echocardiography remains as the standard diagnostic method for identifying intracardiac manifestations of infective endocarditis/endarteritis. Last but foremost, it delineates the importance of modified transthoracic echo windows or focused views in identifying the unusual position of endocarditis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Aortic Coarctation
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Streptococcal Infections
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Echocardiography
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Endarteritis
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Echocardiography
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
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DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
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