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Case Reports
. 1990 Aug;28(2):260-2.
doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(90)90071-c.

Ventriculo-atrial shunt causing tricuspid endocarditis: its percutaneous removal

C M Bellamy  1 , D H Roberts, D R Ramsdale
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Case Reports

Ventriculo-atrial shunt causing tricuspid endocarditis: its percutaneous removal

C M Bellamy et al. Int J Cardiol. 1990 Aug.

Abstract

A 21-year-old patient developed tricuspid endocarditis with the distal sections of two redundant ventriculo-atrial shunts remaining in the right atrium. We report their percutaneous removal using a Dotter basket.

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