Correction: An alternative surgical approach for isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis secondary to restrictive ventricular septal defect: a case report

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Correction: Cardiothorac Surg 32, 4 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-024-00123-3

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors would like to remove exact dates in the case timeline of events to maintain patient’s confidentiality.

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4 weeks before presentation	• Vaginal delivery, followed by recurrent fever attacks.
On presentation	• Fever and shortness of breath.
Same day of admission	• Transthoracic echocardiography confirmed VSD and showed PV vegetations. • Blood culture sets withdrawn, and empirical antibiotics started.
3 days after admission	• Antibiotics adjusted according to blood culture and sensitivity.
8 days after admission	• No response to antibiotics with persistent high-grade fever and pulmonary showering. • Heart team discussion recommended surgical intervention for the PV.
9 days after admission	• PV replacement with Freestyle valve and direct VSD closure with pericardial bledgeted sutures
8 days after surgery	• Step-down to intermediate care in ward
4 weeks after surgery	• Negative blood cultures. • Completed antibiotic course and discharged.
Follow-up after 1 year	• No symptoms. • Well-functioning PV Freestyle by echocardiography and CT pulmonary angiography.

The corrections do not affect the overall result or conclusion of the article. The original article has been corrected.

1. Hussein H, Youssef A, Mahgoub A et al (2024) An alternative surgical approach for isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis secondary to restrictive ventricular septal defect: a case report. Cardiothorac Surg 32:4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-024-00123-3

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1. Cardiology Department, Kasr Al-Ainy Medical School, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

   Hossameldin Hussein

2. Adult Cardiology Department, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt

   Hossameldin Hussein

3. Cardiac Surgery Department, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt

   Ahmed Youssef & Ahmed Mahgoub

4. Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

   Ahmed Youssef

5. Adult Congenital Heart Diseases Unit, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt

   Noha Gamal & Soha Romeih

6. Adult Critical Care Department, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt

   Amr Farrag

7. Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

   Soha Romeih

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Hussein, H., Youssef, A., Mahgoub, A. et al. Correction: An alternative surgical approach for isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis secondary to restrictive ventricular septal defect: a case report. Cardiothorac Surg 32, 9 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-024-00130-4

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