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Cardiac Tamponade as an Unusual Manifestation of Infective Endocarditis
Author(s) -
HajjChahine Jamil,
Tomasi Jacques,
Haddad Fadia
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00960.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , cardiac tamponade , ventricle , pseudoaneurysm , tamponade , endocarditis , abscess , cardiology , aortic valve , surgery , complication
Contained rupture of the left ventricle secondary to a myocardial abscess is uncommon. We present a case of infective endocarditis of the aortic valve with an unusual manifestation: a cardiac tamponade due to a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle. (J Card Surg 2010;25:165‐167)