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Acquired ventricular septal defect due to infective endocarditis
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Acquired ventricular septal defect due to infective endocarditis

Randi E. Durden, Joseph W. Turek, Benjamin E. Reinking and Manish Bansal
Annals of pediatric cardiology, Vol.11(1), pp.100-102
01/01/2018
DOI: 10.4103/apc.APC_130_17
PMCID: PMC5803962
PMID: 29440841
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https://doi.org/10.4103/apc.apc_130_17View
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Abstract

Acquired intracardiac left-to-right shunts are rare occurrences. Chest trauma and myocardial infection are well-known causes of acquired ventricular septal defect (VSD). There have been several case reports describing left ventricle to right atrium shunt after infective endocarditis (IE). We present here a patient found to have an acquired VSD secondary to IE of the aortic and tricuspid valves in the setting of a known bicuspid aortic valve. This is the first case reported of acquired VSD in a pediatric patient in the setting of IE along with literature review of acquired left-to-right shunts.
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