title: Austrian syndrome with a delayed onset of heart failure.
abstract: A 59-year-old man treated with pneumococcal meningitis 4 months ago was hospitalized for acute heart failure and performed aortic valve replacement by rupture of aortic valve. The frequent association of pneumococcal meningitis and endocarditis is known as Austrian syndrome. Though Austrian syndrome is a clinically rare disease, the evolution of pneumococcal endocarditis is very aggressive and associated with high mortality, and early recognition for evidence of endocardial lesion in patients with pneumococcal meningitis is important to reduce the complications and mortality rate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Ai
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Min-Gang
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Eun Ji
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Hyun-Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Woo Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chong-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Rhim