Gemella Endocarditis Presenting as an ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction | Zendy

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Gemella Endocarditis Presenting as an ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Jonathan Winkler,

SunitPreet Chaudhry,

Philip Stockwell

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

texas heart institute journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1526-6702

pISSN - 0730-2347

DOI - 10.14503/thij-15-5170

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , endocarditis , cardiology , chest pain , embolism , cardiac catheterization , presentation (obstetrics) , myocardial infarction diagnosis , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction , infarction , surgery

Acute myocardial infarction from septic embolization is a rare initial presentation of endocarditis. We report the case of a 67-year-old man who presented with acute chest pain, in whom emergency cardiac catheterization revealed findings that suggested coronary embolism. The patient was found to have Gemella endocarditis, with its initial presentation an embolic acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. We suggest that endocarditis be considered among the potential causes of acute myocardial infarction.

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