Cardiac Phlegmon: Infectious Endocarditis Causing Ventricular Wall Rupture
| Autor: | Felix Fleißner, Igor Tudorache, Matthias Christgen, Serghei Cebotari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, Vol 09, Iss 01, Pp e51-e54 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2194-7635 2194-7643 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0040-1716391 |
| Popis: | 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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