Ruptured sinus of valsalva and complete atrioventricular block complicating fulminant course of infective endocarditis: a case report and literature review.
Patients with infective endocarditis usually developed persistent fever and heart failure, especially when the valve structures are invaded and destroyed. Persistent bacteremia often leads to severe sepsis or overwhelming septic shock. Septic emboli from the vegetation will possibly result in systemic thromboembolism with multiple organ infarction. Patients with infective endocarditis have been reported to present with either ruptured sinus of Valsalva or complete atrioventricular block. However, both of these serious complications occurring in a single patient is rare. In this case report, we present a 54-year-old man with a previous history of alcoholic cirrhosis and chronic renal failure who suffered from a fulminant course of infective endocarditis. Simultaneously, ruptured sinus of Valsalva and complete atrioventricular block further complicated the preexisting septic shock and multiple organ failure.
Chu
Chih-Sheng
CS
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sheu
Chau-Chyun
CC
Lee
Kun-Tai
KT
Lee
Shuo-Tsan
ST
Cheng
Kai-Hung
KH
Voon
Wen-Chol
WC
Sheu
Sheng-Hsiung
SH
Lai
Wen-Ter
WT
D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*