- 자기 삼첨판막에 발생한 고립성 심내막염의 외과적 치료 -1예보고-
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- 홍준화,소동문,정조원,홍창호
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- 大韓胸部外科學會誌
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 1999년|32권 12호|pp.1119-1122 (4 pages)
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- 대한흉부외과학회
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- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
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Native valve endocarditis (NVE) without preexisting structural valve or congenital cardiac malformation especially in pediatric group is rare. A case of isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis in a 7-year-old child without any cardiac malformation is described. This child had suffered from fever and productive cough for 3 weeks. Blood culture grew Staphylococcus aureus. Fever was not controlled even with proper antibiotic treatment. Transthoracic echocardiogram and lung perfusion scan revealed a large vegetation on the tricuspid valve with multiple embolism Surgical procedures included vegetectomy partial cusps resection and pericardial patch valvuloplasty. Th patient was in NYHA class I during follow up.