Infective endocarditis late after patent foramen ovalepercutaneous closure in an addict patient

Running Head: Amplatzer endocarditis in drug abuser

Walter Vignaroli MD¹, Angelo De Luca MD¹, Fabio Capuano PhD¹*, Francesca Boldini MD¹, Euclide Tonelli PhD¹, Giovanni Melina PhD¹

¹Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

* Corresponding author

Conflict of interest: none

Source of founding: none

Consent: The patient gave written informed consent. The scientific ethics committee approved.

Data availability : The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.