Infective Endarteritis in a Patient With Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Rheumatic Heart Disease

Demeke Mekonnen; Claire B Ren; Ernest Spitzer

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102631

Infective Endarteritis in a Patient With Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Rheumatic Heart Disease

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Oct 16;29(20):102631. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102631.

Authors

Demeke Mekonnen^{1

2}, Claire B Ren^{2

3}, Ernest Spitzer^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kidus Petros Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
² Cardialysis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Cardiology Department, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

We present a 10-year old patient from Ethiopia with 3 pathologic findings: infective endarteritis with known patent ductus arteriosus and rheumatic heart disease. The patient was managed with antibiotics and ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus. She was followed up with monthly benzathine penicillin and recovered well.

Keywords: congenital heart disease; infective endarteritis; patent ductus arteriosus; rheumatic heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports