title: Abdominal mycotic aneurysm and cerebral embolic event associated with infective endocarditis in a patient with chronic rheumatic valvar disease.
abstract: We report the case of a girl with chronic rheumatic valvar heart disease who developed infective endocarditis and two complications, ischemic stroke due to cerebral embolic event and mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. bernadll@icr.hcnet.usp.br
authors.forename: Bernadete Lourdes
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Liphaus
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goldenstein-Schainberg
authors.forename: Letícia Monteiro
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Clóvis Artur Almeida
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D034363:Viridans Streptococci