Open AccessA rare cause of myocardial infarction: Vegetation embolism
Author(s) -
Nermin Bayar,
Görkem Kuş,
Selçuk Küçükseymen,
Erkan Köklü,
Şakir Arslan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-6012
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2016.08.002
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , embolism , embolization , complication , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , artery , radiology , infarction , angiography
Coronary artery septic embolization resulting in cardioembolic myocardial infarction is a rare complication of infective endocarditis. Diagnosis requires a combination of high clinical suspicion, echocardiography, coronary angiography and cultures of peripheral blood and/or embolic material. Optimal therapy is unknown. We present a case of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction resulting from coronary artery septic embolization