Tariq Muhammad, Smego Raymond A, Soofi Adil, Islam Najmul
Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
South Med J. 2003 Jun;96(6):621-3. doi: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000047965.45842.A2.
Pulmonic valve endocarditis is an extremely rare infection that shares epidemiologic, clinical, radiologic, microbiologic, and prognostic features with tricuspid valve endocarditis. We report a case of pulmonic valve infection on a structurally normal heart and review the English-language literature on this subject.
肺动脉瓣心内膜炎是一种极其罕见的感染性疾病,在流行病学、临床、放射学、微生物学及预后特征方面与三尖瓣心内膜炎相似。我们报告一例结构正常心脏的肺动脉瓣感染病例,并回顾英文文献中关于该主题的内容。