Challenges in Managing Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare but recognized and potentially serious complication of infective endocarditis (IE). This case describes the challenges surrounding the management of AMI in the setting of septic coronary embolism, brain, spleen, and kidney infarcts due to septic emboli fro...

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Autores principales: Faluk, Mohammed Ali, Vuu, Steven, Kathi, Kiran, Abdelmaseih, Ramy, Cignoni, Christian, Tarasiuk-Rusek, Aneta, Prashad, Rakesh, Osian, Omeni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32935586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709620960001
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Sumario:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare but recognized and potentially serious complication of infective endocarditis (IE). This case describes the challenges surrounding the management of AMI in the setting of septic coronary embolism, brain, spleen, and kidney infarcts due to septic emboli from native mitral valve IE.

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