Davis Brittany L, Garry Ronald T
Internal Medicine, NCH (Naples Comprehensive Health) Healthcare System, Naples, USA.
Geriatrics, NCH (Naples Comprehensive Health) Healthcare System, Naples, USA.
Cureus. 2025 Jun 17;17(6):e86198. doi: 10.7759/cureus.86198. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Transesophageal echocardiograms have revealed that the eustachian valve persists in a small proportion of the adult population. Only a few cases of eustachian valve endocarditis have previously been reported in older adults. This case report describes an 82-year-old male patient with eustachian valve endocarditis. He had a remote history of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm post endovascular leak repair, recent septicemia from from an infected tooth, frailty, diabetes, and immunosenescence. He was found to have developed bacteremia and fungemia.
经食管超声心动图显示,在一小部分成年人群中,下腔静脉瓣持续存在。此前仅有少数老年患者发生下腔静脉瓣心内膜炎的病例报道。本病例报告描述了一名82岁患有下腔静脉瓣心内膜炎的男性患者。他有肾下腹主动脉瘤腔内漏修复的既往史、近期因一颗感染牙齿引发的败血症、身体虚弱、糖尿病和免疫衰老。他被发现已发生菌血症和真菌血症。