[Mycotic aneurysm of the coronary artery].
Mycotic aneurysm of the coronary artery occurs in less than 1% of patients with infective endocarditis and only few cases of successful treatment has been described in the literature. The paper presents a case of 64 years old man with infective endocarditis of the mitral valve, complicated with a development of mycotic aneurysm of the right coronary artery, who was successfully surgically treated.
Romaniv
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II. chirurgická klinika Kardiovaskulární chirurgie 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha. romanivs@hotmail.com
Vondrácek
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V
Lindner
J
J
Tosovský
J
J
Stríteský
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M
Král
J
J
Krupicka
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P
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