Chowdhury Mohammed Andaleeb, Moukarbel George V
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Cardiology. 2016;133(2):79-82. doi: 10.1159/000440857. Epub 2015 Oct 27.
Endocarditis of only the pulmonary valve is a very rare finding and is often missed during echocardiographic evaluation due to limited views of the pulmonary valve and a low index of suspicion. We report 2 cases of pulmonary valve endocarditis (PVE), highlighting the importance of echocardiography in the assessment of the infected pulmonary valve. In addition, we review the published case reports of isolated PVE from 1979 to 2013 in order to study the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary valve masses.
仅累及肺动脉瓣的感染性心内膜炎是一种非常罕见的情况，由于肺动脉瓣视野受限以及怀疑指数较低，在超声心动图评估过程中常被漏诊。我们报告2例肺动脉瓣感染性心内膜炎（PVE）病例，强调超声心动图在评估受感染肺动脉瓣中的重要性。此外，我们回顾了1979年至2013年已发表的孤立性PVE病例报告，以研究超声心动图在肺动脉瓣肿物诊断中的作用。
