Two-dimensional echocardiographic detection of pulmonic valve endocarditis.

Several large series of cases of infective endocarditis have mentioned the paucity of pulmonic valve involvement. 1-3 A recent study by Hubbell et a14 found no cases of pulmonic valve endocarditis in a group of 79 drug addicts with 97 separate episodes of infective endocarditis. It is possible that the paucity of such reports may be due in part to the difficulty of assessing the pulmonic valve. The purpose of this report is to describe a case of pulmonic valve endocarditis and to underscore the importance of two-dimensional echocardiography in defining the vegetations.