Cristina Filip, Corina Maria Vasile, Georgiana Nicolae, Irina Margarint, Loredana Popa, Mihaela Bizubac, Gabriela Ganea, Mihaela Rusu, Bruno Murzi, Mihaela Balgradean, Catalin Cirstoveanu
Congenital heart disease (CHD) remains a predisposing cardiac condition for infective endocarditis (IE). Case report: We present the case of 8-year-old boy with no known pre-existing cardiac disease diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) with Gemella sanguinis. After admission, he underwent transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), which revealed the presence of Shone syndrome with a bicuspid valve, mitral parachute valve and severe aortic coarctation. He developed a paravalvular aortic abscess with severe aortic regurgitation and left ventricle (LV) systolic dysfunction for which he required a complex surgical intervention after six weeks of antibiotic treatment, consisting of Ross operation and coarctectomy, with a complicated postoperative course, cardiac arrest and ECMO support for five days...
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