A Coronary Septic Embolism in Double Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Presenting as Acute Anteroseptal ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

A Coronary Septic Embolism in Double Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Presenting as Acute Anteroseptal ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Acute myocardial infarction caused by septic embolism is usually fatal. A 40-year-old male patient who presented within 30 minutes of severe chest pain was admitted to the emergency department. An electrocardiogram showed a maximum 6 mm of acute ST elevations at V1-V4 derivations. His body temperatu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gülsüm Bulut, Emine Küçükateş, Nazmi Gültekin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2012-09-01
Series:Balkan Medical Journal
Subjects:
Infective endocarditis
prosthetic valve
coronary septic embolism
myocardial infarction
trans-esophageal echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php3?id=893

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