Aboukhoudir F, Errera J, Aboukhoudir I, Slama I, Rekik S
Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier d'Avignon, 84000 Avignon, France; Université d'Avignon, EA4278 laboratoire de pharm écologie cardiovasculaire, Avignon, France.
Cardiologie, groupe du Rhône, 84000 Avignon, France.
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2014 Nov;63(5):381-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2014.08.004. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
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.