Massive Calcified Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Patient with Dual Lumen Tunneled Venous Catheter
| Autor: | Alexander Weymann, Helmut Rauch, Matthias Karck, Bastian Schmack, Gábor Szabó, Mina Farag |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Heart Valve Diseases Lumen (anatomy) Catheters Indwelling Renal Dialysis Internal medicine medicine Humans Endocarditis Dialysis Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation Tricuspid valve business.industry Gastroenterology Calcinosis General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Catheter Stenosis medicine.anatomical_structure Heart Valve Prosthesis Infective endocarditis Cardiology Female Tricuspid Valve Hemodialysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 20:730-733 |
| ISSN: | 2186-1005 1341-1098 |
| Popis: | Infection is the most common cause of death in hemodialysis patients after cardiovascular complications. The long-term use of venous catheters for dialysis elevates the risk. Valvular calcification is of special concern in developing infective endocarditis and is often found in chronic dialysis patients. The right-sided endocarditis is rarely reported in the literature and may be overseen until the development of further complications. In our case tricuspid valve endocarditis, with severe insufficiency and stenosis due to a calcified laminar plate was found in a 57-year-old female patient undergoing dialysis due to end-stage renal disease. The calcification aroused from the tip of the dual lumen tunneled venous catheter used for routine dialysis. We replaced the tricuspid valve with mechanical valve prosthesis and reconstructed the right atrium. |
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