title: [Infective endocarditis--crucial early diagnosis].
abstract: A 64-year old female patient with polymorbidity, including diabetes, was admitted to our clinic with a suspicion of silent myocardial infarction. However, no acute coronary lesion was subsequently confirmed. Transthoracal echocardiography performed just after the admission suggested infective endocarditis. The diagnosis was difficult due to a lack of collaboration by the patient who was disoriented and confused. Because of the suspicion ofendocarditis, a therapy with antibiotics was started immediately and the diagnosis was confirmed by oesophageal echocardiography and heart MR performed after the patient was stabilized. An early diagnosis and an intensive antibiotic treatment are crucial for the management of the frequently fatal infective endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Oddelení urgentního príjmu FN Olomouc. zarivnij.jan@atlas.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zarivnij
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hrcková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaletová
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerná
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Táborský
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis