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Post-surgical Infective Endocarditis Involving Chordae Tendinae: A Rare Presentation

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Shankar Kalgudi, Pradeep Rangappa, Prabhakar Shetty1, Karthik Rao
From the Intensive Care Unit and Department of Cardiology1, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore – 560055, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Pradeep Rangappa
Email: drpradeepr@aol.com
Received: 4-MAR-2014 Accepted: 24-MAR-2014 Published Online: 10-APR-2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2014.0029
Abstract
Transient bacteraemia following surgical procedures is a relatively common, but concomitant infective endocarditis in patient without any risk factor is a rare event. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the few case reports of infective endocarditis following a urology procedure.  We report a 57-year-old lady with pyelonephritis and renal calculus who developed vegetation’s on chordae tendinae following renal surgery.
Keywords : Endocarditis, Pyelonephritis, Kidney Calculi, Chordae tendinae, Bacteremia.
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