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Cristina Carvalho Gouveia1, Inês Pimenta2, Marco Fernandes1, Beatriz Chambino1, Hugo Côrte-Real3.
Abstract
Infective endocarditis is a multisystem and potentially fatal disease. Systemic embolization is a relatively common complication, the spleen and central nervous system being the most frequent sites for septic emboli formation. Coronary artery septic embolization is extremely uncommon and its management remains controversial. We present the case of a 50-year-old male diagnosed with mitral valve infective endocarditis complicated with spleen and central nervous system embolization, who developed acute myocardial infarction two weeks after disease onset. The patient was successfully treated with combined mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting.Entities:
Keywords: coronary artery septic embolization; coronary revascularization; infective endocarditis; mitral valve replacement; systemic embolization
Year: 2022 PMID: 35223243 PMCID: PMC8860718 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.21459
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184