Infected Rastelli Conduit in an Immunocompromised Patient That Was Not Visible on Transthoracic EchocardiogramNovel Teaching Point

An 18-year-old man with a history of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit implantation for repair of congenital heart disease and vasculitis requiring chronic immunosuppression with azathioprine presented to the University of Ottawa with bacteremia. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed no...

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Main Authors: Simon Parlow, MD, Paul Beamish, MD, Isabelle Desjardins, MD, John Fulop, MD, Gyaandeo Maharajh, MD, Lana Castellucci, MD, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X19300514