Fatal myocardial infarction resulting from coronary artery septic embolism after abortion: unusual cause and complication of endocarditis.
Significant medical complications after elective abortion are rare. However, complications do occur, and the emergency physician should always bear this in mind when evaluating a patient with significant illness who has recently undergone an elective abortion. Reported here is a case of postabortion endocarditis, manifesting as a septic coronary artery embolism, that led to a fatal acute myocardial infarction.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000382:microbiology*; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*