title: Coronary embolism causing myocardial infarction.
abstract: Two cases of myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism arising from bacterial endocarditis are reported. The importance of this condition in the differential diagnosis of myocardial infarction from non-atheromatous coronary artery disease is highlighted and the literature on the subject is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, J. G. Strijdom Hospital, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*