A CORONARYSEPTICEMBOLISM: AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF INFECTIVEENDOCARDITIS.
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 10
Abstract
We report a case of a 60-year-old man with diagnostic of infectiveendocarditisinvolvingboth the aorticand the mitral valves.Empirictreatmentwithoxacillin and gentamicinwasstarted.Twodaysafteradmission, the patient sustained an acute ST elevation myocardialinfarction in inferior.Thecoronaryangiographyrevealed an occlusion at the end of leftanteriordescending (LAD)arterywithoutrecovery,while the remainingcoronaryarterieswerecompletely free fromanystenosis/atheroscleroticlesion.After a period of furtherantibiotictherapy,the patient received mitral and aortic valve replacement.
Authors and Affiliations
El GhachamElAmrani Sihame, Fatima-zahra El Hattab, Zarzur Jamila, Cherti Mohamed.
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