An Uncommon Complication of Infective Bacterial Endocarditis - 02/12/12
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Résumé |
Coronary artery septic embolisation resulting in cardioembolic myocardial infarction (MI) is a rare complication of bacterial infective endocarditis (IE), representing <1% of complications related to IE [1 ]. Diagnosis requires a combination of high clinical suspicion, coronary angiography, echocardiography and cultures of peripheral blood and/or embolic material. The associated mortality rate remains high despite early diagnosis [2 ]. Optimal interventional therapy is unknown with published international experience over the past two decades limited to very small case series and individual case reports [3 ]. We present a case of ST elevation MI resulting from coronary artery septic embolisation with an accompanying comprehensive review of the literature.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Cardioembolism, Myocardial infarction, Infective endocarditis
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Vol 21 - N° 12
P. 811-814 - décembre 2012 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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