European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 24, 2005
European Heart Journal 2006 27(1):20; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi519
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Tricuspid valve endocarditis and septic pulmonary emboli illustrated by ECG-gated multi-slice CT of the chest
1Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels 1200, Belgium
2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels 1200, Belgium
3Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels 1200, Belgium
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A 27-year-old man, an intravenous drug addict, was referred to our institution for treatment of a tricuspid valve endocarditis. Clinical examination revealed a normal cardiopulmonary auscultation and multiple sites of drug injection