[Coronary embolism and myocardial infarction with heat rupture during infectious endocarditis].
We report a case of transmural myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism complicating infective endocarditis in a 41 year old woman. The infarction, clinically silent, was followed by rupture of left ventricular free wall, leading to hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade. The case is an uncommon complication of infective endocarditis, at the same time an uncommon cause of myocardial infarction.
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Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, Università di Firenze.
Pedemonte
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Brancato
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Francois
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D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology