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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Aruni B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3861008 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul-Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Indian heart journal 20130724 4
A 59-year-old male with an secundum atrial septal defect status post repair with an Amplatzer occluder in 2001 was admitted with sepsis and MRSA bacteremia. Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) showed presence of an overlying mobile echogenic structure on the left atrial surface of the device suggestive of a vegetation/infected thrombus. This is only the 3rd case description of late endocarditis involving the Amplatzer ASD closure device in an adult. ...[more]