Surgical Treatment of Persistent Ductus Arteriosus Complicated by Bacterial Endocarditis with Pulmonary Artery Embolism: 1 case report.
- Author:
Jeong Woo OH
1
;
Bong Suk OH
;
Dong Joon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam University Medical School, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Patent ductus arteriosus;
Bacterial endocarditis;
Pulmonary embolism
- MeSH:
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Chest Pain;
Ductus Arteriosus*;
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent;
Dyspnea;
Embolism*;
Endocarditis, Bacterial*;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Male;
Pulmonary Artery*;
Pulmonary Embolism;
Pulmonary Infarction;
Pulmonary Valve
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1997;30(2):209-212
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A fifteen-year-old boy was transported to our hospital emmergency room due to sudden onset of chest pain, hemoptysis and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as persistent ductus arteriosus that had developed acute bacterial endocarditis with pulmonic valve vegetation and pulmonary embolism with pulmonary infarction. After conservative antibiotic therapy (vancomycin+aminoglycoside), we operated this patient successfully - patch closer of the ductus and pulmonary valve valvuloplasty - under the cardiopulmonary bypass.
