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Case Reports
. 2022 Oct 20;6(10):454-457.
doi: 10.1016/j.case.2022.08.005. eCollection 2022 Dec.

A Common Defect With a Not So Common Complication: Abiotrophia Defectiva Endocarditis in a Child With Unrepaired Ventricular Septal Defect

Ileana Torres-Burgos  1   2 , Lissvi Mendez-Castro  2 , Jaime Alkon  1   2
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A Common Defect With a Not So Common Complication: Abiotrophia Defectiva Endocarditis in a Child With Unrepaired Ventricular Septal Defect

Ileana Torres-Burgos et al. CASE (Phila). .
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Keywords: Abiotrophia; Children; Congenital heart disease; Infective endocarditis.

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Figure 1
Two-dimensional TTE, subcostal long-axis view without (left) and with (right) color Doppler demonstrates transformational tissue from the tricuspid subvalvular apparatus partially restricting flow across the ventricular septal defect (arrow). A small noncircumferential pericardial effusion is depicted by the asterisk. LV, Left ventricle; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Two-dimensional TTE, subcostal short-axis view without (left) and with (right) color Doppler demonstrates flow turbulence created within the right ventricle by the development of a double-chambered right ventricle (asterisk). Transformational tissue from the tricuspid subvalvular apparatus with echogenicity consistent with vegetations was noted (arrow). LV, Left ventricle; MPA, main pulmonary artery; RV, right ventricle; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Two-dimensional TTE, parasternal short-axis view without (left) and with (right) color Doppler demonstrates vegetations along the tricuspid valve chordae and attached to the outlet septum as depicted by the arrows. The right panel demonstrates flow turbulence along the chordal tissue and in the double-chambered right ventricle. RA, Right atrium; RV, right ventricle; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract.
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