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[Infective endocarditis of both atrioventricular valves in a young man with atrioventricular canal defect - a case report].
Ireneusz Marcin Jedliński, Ryszard Kalawski, Paweł Bugajski, Maria Jamrozek−Jedlińska, Kajetan Poprawski, Marek Słomczyński
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Abstract
We report a case of a 33-year-old man with infective endocarditis of both atrioventricular valves coexisting with a congenital heart defect: atrioventricular canal defect. Transthoracic and transesopageal echocardiography showed complete atrioventricular canal defect and vegetations affecting both the normal mitral and tricuspid valves. The patient received a combined antibiotic therapy and was qualified for cardiosurgical correction.