Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report

We present the case of a patient presenting with embolic stroke secondary to aortic valve endocarditis, additionally complicated by splenic abscess, successfully treated by emergent valve replacement followed by delayed, robotic splenectomy.

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Autores principales: Lindsey, Megan E., Holley, Christopher T., Ramaswamy, Archana, Kelly, Rosemary F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx147
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spelling pubmed-57981372018-02-08 Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report Lindsey, Megan E. Holley, Christopher T. Ramaswamy, Archana Kelly, Rosemary F. J Surg Case Rep Case Report We present the case of a patient presenting with embolic stroke secondary to aortic valve endocarditis, additionally complicated by splenic abscess, successfully treated by emergent valve replacement followed by delayed, robotic splenectomy. Oxford University Press 2017-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5798137/ /pubmed/29423161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx147 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Lindsey, Megan E.
Holley, Christopher T.
Ramaswamy, Archana
Kelly, Rosemary F.
Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
title Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
title_full Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
title_fullStr Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
title_short Infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
title_sort infective endocarditis, embolic stroke and splenic abscess: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx147
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