Abstract
A patient with long standing history of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
on hemodialysis (HD) and breast cancer is admitted for weakness and
fever. Blood culture showed Enterococcus faecalis. Transthoracic
echocardiogram revealed a 0.8 cm circular echodensity on ventricular
surface of pulmonary valve protruding into RV during diastole. She was
successfully treated with IV antibiotics.
Keywords : pulmonic valve, endocarditis, pericardial effusion
Abbreviations : wound vacuum assisted closure (VAC),
arteriovenous fistula (AVF), coronary artery disease (CAD), below the
knee amputation (BKA), End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), transthoracic
echocardiogram (TTE), peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC),
infective endocarditis (IE), intravenous drug use (IVDU), tricuspid
valve (TV), pulmonary valve endocarditis (PVE), congenital heart disease
(CHD), transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)