Cardiogenic Shock and Mitral Valve Chord Rupture: A Rare Presentation of Libman-Sacks Endocarditis

Distinguishing Libman-Sacks endocarditis from other valvular heart disease etiologies has important implications for management. We present a case of a 23-year-old man who presented in extremis with fever and cardiogenic shock caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis with associated mitral valve chord ru...

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Autores principales: Lampert, Joshua, Halista, Michael, Pujadas, Elisabet, Alexander, Steven, Bier, Benjamin, Hadley, Michael, Healy, Michael, Yunus, Fahd, Goldman, Martin, Fuster, Valentin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.044
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Sumario:Distinguishing Libman-Sacks endocarditis from other valvular heart disease etiologies has important implications for management. We present a case of a 23-year-old man who presented in extremis with fever and cardiogenic shock caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis with associated mitral valve chord rupture. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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