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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1303-1305
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Maritime Heart Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
b Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Accepted for publication March 5, 2003.
* Address reprint requests to Dr Baskett, The Maritime Heart Centre, Room 2269, 2nd Floor, 1796 Summer St, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3A7
e-mail: rogerbaskett{at}hotmail.com
We present the case of a 62-year-old man with infectious endocarditis in a Chiari network. Chiari networks are present in 1.5% to 3% of the population. Although Chiari networks are usually clinically insignificant, they are associated with a number of conditions, including patent foramen ovale, thromboembolism, atrial aneurysm, and cardiac arrhythmias. Although there are rare reports of patients with a Chiari network who had endocarditis develop, this is the first report of a patient who had endocarditis develop solely within a Chiari network.
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