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A case report of mycotic pseudoaneurysm in childhood: an unusual complication of coarctation of the aorta

BACKGROUND: We report on an unusual case of a 3 year-old girl with coarctation of the aorta complicated by mycotic pseudoaneurysm and infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae. CASE SUMMARY: The only symptoms and signs were fever and weak femoral pulses. The echocardiography confirmed a localised isthm...

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Autores principales: Ratsimandresy, Miarisoa, Hadeed, Khaled, Acar, Philippe, Cuttone, Fabio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6439392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31020245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/yty170