Images in cardiovascular medicine. Incomplete endothelialization and late development of acute bacterial endocarditis after implantation of an Amplatzer septal occluder device

Circulation. 2008 May 6;117(18):e326-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.754069.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Endothelium, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Endothelium, Vascular / microbiology
  • Endothelium, Vascular / pathology*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
  • Heart Septum / microbiology
  • Heart Septum / pathology
  • Heart Septum / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / microbiology
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Shock, Septic / diagnostic imaging
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology
  • Shock, Septic / pathology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery
  • Ultrasonography