Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia

Infective endocarditis has different presentations depending on the involvement of valvular and perivalvular structures, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Aortocavitary fistula is a rare complication. We introduce the case of a 48-year-old female with native valve endocarditis,...

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Autores principales: Galeas, Jose N., Perez, Irving E., Villablanca, Pedro A., Chahal, Harjit, Jackson, Robert, Taub, Cynthia C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29446
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author Galeas, Jose N.
Perez, Irving E.
Villablanca, Pedro A.
Chahal, Harjit
Jackson, Robert
Taub, Cynthia C.
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description Infective endocarditis has different presentations depending on the involvement of valvular and perivalvular structures, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Aortocavitary fistula is a rare complication. We introduce the case of a 48-year-old female with native valve endocarditis, complicated by aortocavitary fistula to the right atrium, and consequently presented with syncope.
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spelling pubmed-46775952016-01-05 Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia Galeas, Jose N. Perez, Irving E. Villablanca, Pedro A. Chahal, Harjit Jackson, Robert Taub, Cynthia C. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Infective endocarditis has different presentations depending on the involvement of valvular and perivalvular structures, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Aortocavitary fistula is a rare complication. We introduce the case of a 48-year-old female with native valve endocarditis, complicated by aortocavitary fistula to the right atrium, and consequently presented with syncope. Co-Action Publishing 2015-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4677595/ /pubmed/26653694 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29446 Text en © 2015 Jose N. Galeas et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Galeas, Jose N.
Perez, Irving E.
Villablanca, Pedro A.
Chahal, Harjit
Jackson, Robert
Taub, Cynthia C.
Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
title Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
title_full Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
title_fullStr Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
title_full_unstemmed Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
title_short Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
title_sort aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29446
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