Native pulmonary valve massive endocarditis in a drug-addicted patients with Covid-19 pneumonia: a case report

Abstract Background Pulmonary valve (PV) infective endocarditis is a rare pathology. Association between acute endocarditis and Covid pneumonia is equally poorly investigated. Case presentation We present the case of a 50-year-old male active drug-abuser admitted for native PV endocarditis with huge...

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Main Authors: Andrea Garatti, Andrea Daprati, Lorenzo Lora Ronco, Carlo Gaetano Sassi, Carlo De Vincentiis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-11-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43044-023-00421-x