Acute Aortic Valve Rupture From Infective Endocarditis After Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: A Call to Revise the AHA Guidelines for Prevention of Infective Endocarditis

We describe the case of a 63-year-old man with a known murmur who presented with a 4-month history of intermittent fever and a progressive reduction in energy level after a transrectal prostate biopsy (TRPB). He subsequently presented with acute heart failure secondary to aortic valve cusp rupture c...

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Autores principales: Ansari, Julia, Garcha, Gurkaran Singh, Huang, Henry, Bakaeen, Faisal G., Virani, Salim S., Jneid, Hani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23471201
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S10503

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23471201
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S10503

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