Two Cases of Pulmonic Valvular Vegetation and Pulmonary Infarction Associated with VSD.
10.4070/kcj.1985.15.3.519
- Author:
Kum Soo PARK
;
Won Heum SHIM
;
Kyung Hoon CHOE
;
Bong Sub SHIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Endocarditis;
Endocarditis, Bacterial;
Heart;
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular;
Humans;
Incidence;
Pulmonary Infarction*;
Sepsis;
Staphylococcus
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1985;15(3):519-525
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bacterial endocarditis is a disease with protean manifestations whose presentation has recently changed greatly. Right-sided endocarditis associated with congenital heart lesions is now relatively less common. Patients with ventricular septal defect are at risk for right-sided endocarditis, but its incidence is low in children and adolescents. The organism is frequently a staphylococcus and the clinical course is dominated by septic pulmonary infarction and septicemia. We reported two cases of pulmonic vegetation and pulmonary infarction associated VSD with brief review of literature.
