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ArticleJACC. Case reports2025

Isolated Native Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis.

Aditya Mehta, Sophie Miller, Sonia Shah

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3 authors.

Aditya MehtaDepartment of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA. Electronic address: amehta@dhs.lacounty.gov.
Sophie MillerDepartment of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA; Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
Sonia ShahDepartment of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA; Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA; Lundquist Institute, Torrance, California, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIsolated native pulmonic valve endocarditis is a rare presentation of infective endocarditis. CASE SUMMARY: A female patient with a history of stage IV breast cancer requiring anterior chest wall radiation and chemotherapy presented with a 3-month course of constitutional symptoms and was found to have isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis that was medically managed with antibiotics and outpatient follow-up. DISCUSSION: Isolated native pulmonic valve endocarditis is a rare diagnosis, and pulmonic valve endocarditis can be difficult to appreciate or missed on an echocardiogram. Valvular degeneration can begin with as little as 25 Gy of radiation. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: Valvular degeneration from chest wall radiation is a rare risk factor in developing infective endocarditis, and careful attention must be paid to the pulmonic valve if endocarditis is being considered.

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metastatic breast cancerpulmonary valve endocarditistransesophageal echocardiogramtransthoracic echocardiogramvalvular degeneration

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PMID40846383
PMCPMC12371413

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