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A 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 , embolism , embolization , cardiology , complication , endocarditis , radiology , infective endocarditis , infarction , artery , 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

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