Acute coronary syndrome caused by extrinsic coronary compression from an aortic root abscess in a patient with mechanical aortic valve endocarditis: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND : Extrinsic coronary compression is an extremely rare complication of aortic root abscess formation and can manifest as an acute coronary syndrome in infective endocarditis. Optimal management strategies are unknown and therefore illustrative case reports may be informative. CASE SUMMARY ...

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Autores principales: Joy, George, Lewis, Michael, Furniss, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7850617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33554020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa483

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