This report describes a high-risk case of tricuspid valve endocarditis secondary to intravenous drug abuse. Information gleaned from intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic imaging and real-time measurements was used to effectively modify procedural hardware and successfully treat the patient using an aspiration-based strategy. (
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