Mural thrombus endocarditis complicating an acute myocardial infarction. Report of a case.
Myocardial abscesses complicating a myocardial infarction are rare. Before this case, to our knowledge, there have been no previously reported cases in which patients have survived. We report here a surgical cure of a mural thrombus cardiac abscess.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy