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Detailed Case Description: Case 1\u2014A 36-year-old female with congenital pulmonary artery stenosis, dyspnea and leg edema symptoms for 2 months. Blood cultures yielded Staphylococcus spp. and Corynebacterium sp., and echocardiography revealed multiple floating vegetation at the pulmonic valve and surrounding structures. The clinical course was complicated with sepsis and multi-organ failure. Urgent surgery with pulmonary homograft implantation resulted in successful five-year outcome. Case 2\u2014In a 38-year-old male with previous tetralogy of Fallot correction and symptoms of fatigue, fever, myalgia, and photophobia, echocardiography was suggestive of PVIE. The clinical course was complicated with septic shock, multi-organ failure, ischemic stroke with hemorrhagic transformation and death on the 12th day of hospitalization. Case 3\u2014A 41-year-old male without previous medical history was hospitalized due to prolonged fatigue, fever, dyspnea, and leg edema. He was diagnosed with multi-valve infective endocarditis, affecting the aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonary valve. Acute heart failure and hemodynamic instability indicated urgent surgery with aortic valve replacement and reconstruction of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. At four-year follow up he was doing well. Conclusion: Symptoms in PVIE may be versatile, and diagnosis is often delayed. High level of suspicion, early recognition, and echocardiography are cornerstones in diagnostics. 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