Double Valve Infective Endocarditis Presenting with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Journal Title: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiology - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Infective endocarditis is a potentially fatal infectious disease which usually presents with various clinic scenarios. Although the disease generally presents itself with fever, cardiac murmur (bruit), splenomegaly and anemia; in this case we report a double valve endocarditis of a 23 years-old female patient who was admitted to our neurology clinic with acute ischemic stroke.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehmet Ugurlu, Bahadir Sarli, Ahmet Oguz Baktir, Fazilet Sag Erturk
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