Septic coronary embolism.
This report describes a case of a 31-year-old woman with mitral valve endocarditis complicated by a septic embolus to a coronary artery.
Beldner
Stuart
S
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York, USA.
Bajwa
Ajay
A
Kaplan
Barry
B
Rosen
Stacey
S
Steinberg
Bart
B
Cacciabaudo
Jean
J
D000328:Adult; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology