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Right‐sided endocarditis: eustachian valve and coronary sinus involvement |
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| Authors: | Kartik R. Kumar MD Samran Haider MD Aditya Sood MD Karim A.I. Mahmoud MD Ashraf Mostafa MD Luis C. Afonso MD FACC Anupama R. Kottam MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan;2. Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA |
| Abstract: | Infective endocarditis in patients with intravenous drug use commonly involves right‐sided heart valves. Eustachian valve (EV) endocarditis is not commonly seen given the valve's infrequent presence. Involvement of the coronary sinus (CS) with endocarditis is also an unusual finding. We present a case with echocardiographic findings consistent with EV endocarditis along with CS involvement, which appropriately responded to antibiotics. |
| Keywords: | coronary sinus echocardiography eustachian valve endocarditis infective endocarditis |