Giant vegetation of the tricuspid valve in a healthy patient without risk factors for right‐sided endocarditis. Issue 4 (27th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Durieux, Rodolphe; Henrard, Valérie; Granato, Renzo; Knapen, Mérédith; Amabili, Philippe; Defraigne, Jean‐Olivier
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiac surgery. Volume 37:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 1050
• Page End: 1051
• Publication Date: 2022-01-27
• Subjects: cardiovascular pathology; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.412005
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16273
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-0440

Abstract

Abstract: We present the case of a middle‐aged man who developed infective endocarditis of the tricuspid valve caused by methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and associated with very large vegetation (∼5 cm). Besides the quite unusual size of the vegetation, this report highlights that severe right‐sided endocarditis can occur in the absence of classical risk factors (intravenous drug abuse, presence of a cardiac implantable electronic device or other intravascular devices, and underlying right‐sided cardiac anomaly) and that some cases of severe tricuspid endocarditis can be successfully treated by partial excision and patch repair.