Case Reports Vegetation Due to Streptococcus Viridans in Pulmonary Artery in a Child With Patent Ductus Arteriosus

YANIK, Ahmet; YETKİN, Ertan; ŞENEN, Kubilay; İLERİ, Mehmet; KAMOY, Hülya; KURAL, Tevfik; GÖKSEL, Siber

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Case Reports Vegetation Due to Streptococcus Viridans in Pulmonary Artery in a Child With Patent Ductus Arteriosus [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1999; 27(6): 429-430

Case Reports Vegetation Due to Streptococcus Viridans in Pulmonary Artery in a Child With Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Ahmet YANIK¹, Ertan YETKİN¹, Kubilay ŞENEN¹, Mehmet İLERİ¹, Hülya KAMOY¹, Tevfik KURAL¹, Siber GÖKSEL¹

The authors deseribe a case of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) complicated by infective endarteritis due to a vegetation in pulmonary artery in a 14-year-old child. Only few cases of vegetation in the pulmonary artery shown by echocardiography have thus far been reported. All patients with PDA have infective endarteritis risk, regardless of the ductus size.

Keywords: infective endarteritis, patent ductus arteriosus

Manuscript Language: Turkish

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