1. Right-sided endocarditis: eustachian valve and coronary sinus involvement
- Author
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Anupama R. Kottam, Kartik R. Kumar, Aditya Sood, Samran Haider, Ashraf Mostafa, F.A.C.C. Luis C. Afonso M.D., and Karim A.I. Mahmoud
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Antibiotics ,Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional ,Vena Cava, Inferior ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Endocarditis ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,In patient ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Heart Atria ,Substance Abuse, Intravenous ,Coronary sinus ,Intravenous drug ,Right sided endocarditis ,business.industry ,Coronary Sinus ,Endocarditis, Bacterial ,Staphylococcal Infections ,medicine.disease ,Eustachian Valve ,Infective endocarditis ,Cardiology ,Female ,Tricuspid Valve ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Echocardiography, Transesophageal - Abstract
Infective endocarditis in patients with intravenous drug use commonly involves right-sided heart valves. Eustachian valve (EV) endocarditis is not commonly seen given the valve's infrequent presence. Involvement of the coronary sinus (CS) with endocarditis is also an unusual finding. We present a case with echocardiographic findings consistent with EV endocarditis along with CS involvement, which appropriately responded to antibiotics.
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- 2016