Cardiogenic Shock and Mitral Valve Chord Rupture

Distinguishing Libman-Sacks endocarditis from other valvular heart disease etiologies has important implications for management. We present a case of a 23-year-old man who presented in extremis with fever and cardiogenic shock caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis with associated mitral valve chord ru...

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Main Authors: Joshua Lampert, MD, Michael Halista, MD, Elisabet Pujadas, MD, PhD, Steven Alexander, MD, Benjamin Bier, MD, Michael Hadley, MD, Michael Healy, MD, Fahd Yunus, MD, Martin Goldman, MD, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920308962