Quardicuspid Aortic Valve as Risk Factor for Infective Endocarditis

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Yahya Islamoglu^1¹  Sumeyra Uysal^3²  Cansu Tokat^2³ 

[1] Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Diyarbakir, Turkey^1;Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Düzce, Turkey^3;Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey^2

关键词: Aortic regurgitation;    infective endocarditis;    quadricuspid aortic valve;   

DOI  :  10.5799/jmid.404243

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Fatih University, Faculty of Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Quadricuspid aortic valve, an infective endocarditis’s risk factor, has the property inborn aortic valve disease but disease development not up to enough understood. Infective endocarditis is together with 1, 4% of the cases. Aortic regurgitation may be seen together and transesophageal echocardiography is important for these patients because of diagnosis. Our case, a thirty nine years old woman, was asymptomatic quadricuspid aortic valve with aort valve regurgitation and we diagnosed via transesophageal echocardiography. We recommended antibiotic prophylaxis and annual follow to the patient.

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