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Giant vegetation of the tricuspid valve in a healthy patient without risk factors for right-sided endocarditis
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  • rodolphe Durieux,
  • Valérie Henrard,
  • Renzo Granato,
  • Mérédith Knapen,
  • Philippe Amabili,
  • Jean Olivier Defraigne
rodolphe Durieux
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege

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Valérie Henrard
Groupe Sante CHC
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Renzo Granato
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
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Mérédith Knapen
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
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Philippe Amabili
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
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Jean Olivier Defraigne
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
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Abstract

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.
17 Jan 2022Submitted to Journal of Cardiac Surgery
17 Jan 2022Assigned to Editor
17 Jan 2022Submission Checks Completed
18 Jan 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
19 Jan 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
19 Jan 2022Editorial Decision: Accept
27 Jan 2022Published in Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 10.1111/jocs.16273