ArticleCureus2025
Tricuspid Endocarditis Leading to a Stroke: A Case Report of Paradoxical Embolism in a Young Intravenous Drug User.
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- Systemic Embolic Events in People Who Inject Drugs With Patent Foramen Ovale and Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- A patient with sudden pulmonary embolism and stroke after total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was diagnosed with patent foramen ovale: case report and review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Infective endocarditis (IE) involving the tricuspid valve is commonly associated with intravenous drug use, with right-sided IE typically leading to septic pulmonary emboli; however, systemic embolization via paradoxical embolism is a rare and severe complication. We present a case of a 33-year-old female with a history of intravenous drug use who was admitted with generalized pain after leaving another facility against medical advice following treatment for pneumonia and tricuspid valve endocarditis, including vegetation debulking. On readmission, she exhibited signs of infection, and imaging revealed bilateral septic pulmonary emboli with cavitary lesions, while echocardiography showed severe tricuspid regurgitation with large mobile vegetation and an aneurysmal interatrial septum, suggesting a probable patent foramen ovale. Despite management with intravenous antibiotics for
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