Aortic Root Abscess Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin and the Importance of Echocardiography

Aortic root abscess in patients with aortic endocarditis is not uncommon. Aortic root abscess may cause persistent sepsis, worsening heart failure, conduction abnormalities, fistula formation, and an increased need for surgery. We present a young patient with aortic root abscess presenting as pyrexi...

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Autor principal: Panduranga, Prashanth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24829828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/636519

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24829828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/636519

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