Cardiac Phlegmon: Infectious Endocarditis Causing Ventricular Wall Rupture
2020 ◽
Vol 09
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pp. e51-e54
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Abstract Background Rupture of the cardiac ventricular wall is a rare and essentially lethal complication of infectious endocarditis valvularis. Case Description We report a case of a 49-year-old female patient with infectious endocarditis of the aortic valve. Following aortic valve replacement, the patient developed a sudden free left ventricular wall rupture. Immediate reoperation was successful. Histopathology revealed a myocardial infarction due to septic thromboembolism causing a phlegmonlike myocardial appearance. Conclusion This is a rare case of a myocardial phlegmon with subsequent cardiac lateral wall rupture in the context of an infectious endocarditis with septic coronary embolism.
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Vol 07
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pp. e30-e32
1955 ◽
Vol 49
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pp. 587-602
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Vol 97
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pp. 843-845
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2018 ◽
Vol 07
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pp. e53-e53
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1971 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 44-49
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