PMID- 32448305
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201019
LR  - 20220414
IS  - 1749-8090 (Electronic)
IS  - 1749-8090 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
DP  - 2020 May 24
TI  - Diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis in pregnancy: a case report.
PG  - 109
LID - 10.1186/s13019-020-01147-6 [doi]
LID - 109
AB  - BACKGROUND: Pregnancy with infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, but the fetal and 
      maternal mortality rates of these pregnancies are very high, making IE a serious 
      threat to the safety of pregnant women and their fetuses. Therefore, for pregnant 
      women with recurrent fever, a detailed medical history and physical examination 
      should be performed, echocardiography and blood culture should be carried out as 
      soon as possible, multidisciplinary consultation should be implemented, and a 
      diagnosis and treatment plan should be formulated right away, as this is key to 
      saving the lives of mothers and infants. CASE INTRODUCTION: A 30-year-old 
      pregnant Chinese woman had IE at 26 weeks of gestation. After close monitoring 
      and care until 31 weeks of gestation, she underwent a successful delivery, 
      cardiac surgery, repair of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), mitral 
      valvuloplasty (MVP) and removal of the vegetations. The operation was successful, 
      and further follow-up evaluation showed no abnormality. CONCLUSION: For the 
      diagnosis and treatment of IE in pregnancy, it is of great importance to 
      implement an individualized diagnosis and treatment plan in combination with 
      close monitoring by echocardiography and to select the right time for cardiac 
      surgery and termination of pregnancy.
FAU - Wang, Jing
AU  - Wang J
AD  - Department of Ultrasound, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's 
      Hospital of HangZhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.
FAU - Wang, Anlong
AU  - Wang A
AD  - Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial Integrated Chinese and Western 
      Medicine Hospital, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
FAU - Cui, Yong
AU  - Cui Y
AD  - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, 
      People's Hospital of HangZhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
FAU - Wang, Ceng
AU  - Wang C
AD  - Department of Ultrasound, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's 
      Hospital of HangZhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.
FAU - Zhang, Jian
AU  - Zhang J
AD  - Department of Ultrasound, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's 
      Hospital of HangZhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China. 
      15158885178@163.com.
LA  - eng
GR  - 2017KY020/Zhejiang medical and health science and technology plan/
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200524
PL  - England
TA  - J Cardiothorac Surg
JT  - Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
JID - 101265113
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cardiac Surgical Procedures/*methods
MH  - Echocardiography
MH  - Endocarditis/*diagnosis/surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/*diagnosis/surgery
PMC - PMC7245794
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Echocardiography
OT  - Embolism
OT  - Endocarditis, bacterial
OT  - Heart valve diseases
OT  - Pregnancy complications, cardiovascular
OT  - Surgery
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2020/05/26 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/21 06:00
PMCR- 2020/05/24
CRDT- 2020/05/26 06:00
PHST- 2019/12/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/05/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/05/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/05/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/05/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s13019-020-01147-6 [pii]
AID - 1147 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s13019-020-01147-6 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May 24;15(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s13019-020-01147-6.