Drug Use Associated Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in Pregnancy
- Dishen Lin,
- Clancy Mullan,
- Uma Deshmukh,
- Mert Bahtiyar,
- Hillary Hosier,
- Heather Lipkind,
- Sonya Abdel-Razeq,
- Saurabh Rajan,
- Gilead Lancaster,
- Colleen Pietras
Abstract
We report a case of intravenous drug use-associated tricuspid valve
endocarditis in a 28-year-old pregnant female at 26-weeks gestation.
Despite appropriate intravenous antibiotics, the patient developed
life-threatening complications and underwent planned cesarean delivery
at 28 weeks 6 days gestation followed by interval tricuspid valve
replacement one week later. Both the patient and her infant were
successfully managed through the perioperative period.20 May 2020Submitted to Journal of Cardiac Surgery 23 May 2020Submission Checks Completed
23 May 2020Assigned to Editor
23 May 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
03 Jun 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
03 Jun 2020Editorial Decision: Accept