• Retained TEPW is fairly common and in rare cases may cause infective endocarditis. • Obtaining medical records and using multimodality imaging confirmed diagnosis. • The heart team assured full understanding of treatment options to reduce patient risk. • Right-side endocarditis caused by retained TEPW was treated without redo sternotomy.
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