Pulmonary valve endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease: the role of echocardiography in a case series.
Flavia FuscoGiancarlo ScognamiglioAnna CorreraAssunta MerolaDiego ColonnaMichela PalmaEmanuele RomeoBerardo SarubbiPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2020)
The present case series outlines the diagnostic challenges of this increasingly frequent complication during follow-up of patients with congenital RVOT dysfunction after both surgical and percutaneous repair. Despite the diffusion of multimodality imaging, echocardiography with PV-dedicated views play a pivotal role in diagnosing such condition and guiding clinical management. Furthermore, this case series highlight that the suspicion of infective endocarditis should be raised whenever a sudden increase in transvalvular gradient is found during follow-up.