Double-Chambered Right Ventricle Associated with Mural and Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis: Description of a Clinical Case and Review of the Literature

Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-173

  López Pardo, Francisco ^a,b   Aguilera, Almudena ^a   Villa, Manuel ^a   Granado, Carlos ^a   Campos, Ana ^a   Cisneros, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double chambered right ventricle; Mural endocarditis; Pulmonic valve endocarditis; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN G; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VALVE; RARE DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 10744228818     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.02171.x     Document Type: Review

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