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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1303-1305
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Infectious endocarditis of a Chiari network

Darrin M. Payne, BSa,b, Roger J. F. Baskett, MA, MD*a,b, Gregory M. Hirsch, MDa,b

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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