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Giant vegetation of the tricuspid valve in a healthy patient without risk factors for...
rodolphe Durieux
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January 18, 2022
We present the case of a middle-aged man who developed an infective endocarditis of the tricuspid valve caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and associated with a very large vegetation (nearly 5 cm). Besides the quite unusual size of the vegetation, this report highlights that severe right-sided endocarditis can occur in the absence of classical risk factors (intravenous drug abuse, presence of a cardiac implantable electronic device or other intravascular device, and underlying right-sided cardiac anomaly) and that some cases of severe tricuspid endocarditis can be successfully treated by partial excision and patch repair.