An amazing dance across the aortic valve
| Autor: | K.J. Raihanathul Misiriya, K. Jayaprakash, Jayaprakash Vl, Joseph M Pappachan, Joby K. Thoams, S. Abdul Khadar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Aortic valve
medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Enterococcus faecalis Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Infective endocarditis Cardiac chamber Internal medicine Surgical removal medicine Ceftriaxone Cardiology Endocarditis Ventricular outflow tract Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 134:e70-e72 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.12.090 |
| Popis: | Vegetation of infective endocarditis presenting as a mobile mass at the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) in the absence of abnormalities of the cardiac chambers or the valves is unusual. Surgical removal is the treatment of choice for a mobile mass lesion in the LVOT to avoid its high risk for embolisation. A case of infective endocarditis caused by aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecalis that presented with a highly mobile mass in the LVOT in a patient without other cardiac abnormalities is reported here. Because the patient refused surgical treatment, he was managed with a 6-week course of benzyl penicillin and ceftriaxone. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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