[Univentricular heart in a 50 year-old woman complicated with infective endocarditis with favorable evolution]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2014 Nov;63(5):381-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2014.08.004. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Univentricular heart is a complex cyanotic congenital heart malformation classically repaired during early childhood. Despite correction, a residual risk of infective endocarditis still persists and may be associated with a severe prognosis. We report the case of a 50 year-old woman with a known partially corrected univentricular heart in whom we diagnosed an infective endocarditis with a favorable evolution under antibiotics.

Keywords: Endocardite infectieuse; Infective endocarditis; Univentricular heart; Ventricule unique.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Echocardiography*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrocardiography
  • Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Prognosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Streptococcus sanguis*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Gentamicins
  • Vancomycin