title: Medical treatment of mural left ventricular endocarditis mass: a case report.
abstract: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an inflammatory disease of the endocardium, with a high morbidity and mortality, particularly when it progresses with predisposing conditions and complications. Embolic events induced by mural cardiac vegetations are a common and life-threatening complication of IE. Herein, we present a first case with left ventricular IE and a giant vegetation causing multiple emboli.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. drnihkar@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Nihal Akar
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Telat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durmaz
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D017984:Enoxaparin; D014640:Vancomycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam