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Prior to the advent of cardiothoracic surgery, infective endocarditis was the most common cause of death in adults with persistent patency of the arterial duct.1 Our case is a reminder of these times. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of infective endocarditis with all the lesions described above have previously been reported, including one in which the patent arterial duct was diagnosed intraoperatively.1 Our echocardiograms uniquely demonstrate all the major vegetations in a single frame
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Prior to the advent of cardiothoracic surgery, infective endocarditis was the most common cause of death in adults with persistent patency of the arterial duct.1 Our case is a reminder of these times. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of infective endocarditis with all the lesions described above have previously been reported, including one in which the patent arterial duct was diagnosed intraoperatively.1 Our echocardiograms uniquely demonstrate all the major vegetations in a single frame
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Prior to the advent of cardiothoracic surgery, infective endocarditis was the most common cause of death in adults with persistent patency of the arterial duct.1 Our case is a reminder of these times. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of infective endocarditis with all the lesions described above have previously been reported, including one in which the patent arterial duct was diagnosed intraoperatively.1 Our echocardiograms uniquely demonstrate all the major vegetations in a single frame
Dr Ramachandra Barik
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Infective endocarditis of a patent arterial duct in an adult, with vegetations extending to the aortic and pulmonary valves, Cardiology in the Young, October 2007, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951107001059.
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