A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis
We report the case of a male patient with community-acquired quadruple-valve endocarditis on presumed normal native valves. This patient had originally presented elsewhere with generalized edema and malaise and had been diagnosed with suspicious endocarditis and renal dysfunction, for which he unfor...
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author | Zahra Ojaghi Haghighi Marzieh Nikparvar Azin Alizadehasl Atoosa Mostafavi |
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description | We report the case of a male patient with community-acquired quadruple-valve endocarditis on presumed normal native valves. This patient had originally presented elsewhere with generalized edema and malaise and had been diagnosed with suspicious endocarditis and renal dysfunction, for which he unfortunately received incomplete treatment. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic examinations confirmed quadruple-valve endocarditis and ventricular septal defect. |
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spelling | doaj.art-deae666f98d841ce8c6d06172970b9862022-12-22T00:23:03ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-19951735-71362014-01-011916971A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditisZahra Ojaghi HaghighiMarzieh NikparvarAzin AlizadehaslAtoosa MostafaviWe report the case of a male patient with community-acquired quadruple-valve endocarditis on presumed normal native valves. This patient had originally presented elsewhere with generalized edema and malaise and had been diagnosed with suspicious endocarditis and renal dysfunction, for which he unfortunately received incomplete treatment. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic examinations confirmed quadruple-valve endocarditis and ventricular septal defect.http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2014;volume=19;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=HaghighiEchocardiographyendocarditismulti-valvular |
spellingShingle | Zahra Ojaghi Haghighi Marzieh Nikparvar Azin Alizadehasl Atoosa Mostafavi A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Echocardiography endocarditis multi-valvular |
title | A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis |
title_full | A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis |
title_fullStr | A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis |
title_short | A rare case of community-acquired native quadruple-valve endocarditis |
title_sort | rare case of community acquired native quadruple valve endocarditis |
topic | Echocardiography endocarditis multi-valvular |
url | http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2014;volume=19;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=Haghighi |
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