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Table 1 Summary of literature involving right-sided IE with CS vegetation

From: Right-sided infective endocarditis with coronary sinus vegetation

No.

First Author

Year

Sex, age

Symptoms

First modality for diagnosis

Length × width of vegetation (mm)

Associated cardiovascular anomalies

Blood culture

Treatments

Outcomes

1

Kasravi [6]

2004

M, 31y

Fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, myalgias, neck stiffness

TTE

> 27a× 6a

CACSF, vegetation extends to RA

Positive for Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotic

Alive

2

Gill [7]

2005

M, 37y

Fever, weight loss

TEE

14 × 7

CACSF

Positive for Streptococcus

Antibiotic

Alive

3

Kwan [8]

2014

F, 23y

Fever

TTE

14 × 2a

Vegetation extends to RA

Positive for Acinetobacter baumanii

Antibiotic

Alive

4

Takashima [9]

2016

F, 64y

Fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, septic shock

TTE

17 × 9a

CACSF, vegetations on the mitral and aortic valves with moderate regurgitation, heart failure

Negative

Surgery

Died

5

Kumar [10]

2017

F, 23y

Septic shock

TEE

30 × 5

Vegetation on the Eustachian valve in the RA

/

Antibiotic

Alive

6

Theodoropoulos [11]

2017

F, 28y

Fever, sweat malaise, hemoptysis, dyspnea

TTE

15a× 8a

Tricuspid valves with moderate regurgitation

Positive for Streptococcus

Antibiotic

Alive

7

Our case

2017

M, 71y

Fever, cough, chest pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea

TTE

40 × 12

ASD, PLSVC, tricuspid valves with severe regurgitation

Positive for Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotic, surgery

Alive

  1. ASD Atrial septal defect, CACSF Coronary artery-coronary sinus fistula, PLSVC Persistent left superior vena cava, RA Right atrium, TEE Transesophageal echocardiography, TTE Transthoracic echocardiography
  2. a: measured from the figures in the literature