[Perioperative monitoring using transesophageal echocardiography in a case of endocarditis-related tricuspid valve disease].

The risk of infectious endocarditis is higher for intravenous drug users than for patients with either rheumatic disease or valve prostheses. We report the case of a 33-year-old woman who self-administered opioid drugs parenterally and who developed a clinical picture of infectious endocarditis. Serious involvement of the tricuspid valve developed in the form of vegetation requiring surgical repair, during which transesophageal echocardiography was used for perioperative monitoring.