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Ischemic stroke and ST-elevation myocardial infarction revealing infective endocarditis.
Authors: Joliat GR, Halkic N, Pantet O, Ben-Hamouda N Abstract In this clinical scenario, we report the case of a patient who presented multiple embolic complications due to mitral infective endocarditis (IE). A 68-year-old woman had extended right hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Unfortunately, she had multiple postoperative complications and had to be transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. During this stay, we have diagnosed an Enterococcus faecium IE after the occurrence of multiple embolic complications (myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, digital emboli, splenic emboli, and renal emboli). The cas...
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - November 14, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Source Type: research