Subacute Multivalvular Bacterial Endocarditis Complicated by Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm and the Impact of Gender on Early Surgical Intervention.
bivalvular endocarditis
embolic events
infective endocarditis cerebral infarction
infective endocarditis complications
multi-valve endocarditis
mycotic aneurysms
subacute bacterial endocarditis
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2024
May 2024
Historique:
accepted:
06
05
2024
medline:
7
6
2024
pubmed:
7
6
2024
entrez:
7
6
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) evolves over weeks to months, often without typical features of acute endocarditis. Its presentation progresses gradually until possibly complicated by sentinel events, such as a cerebrovascular accident from embolization or a ruptured vessel. This is a case of SBE presenting as symptomatic anemia in a female patient with severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and mitral regurgitation (MR) due to bi-valvular vegetations in the absence of typical acute endocarditis and congestive heart failure (CHF) features.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38846208
doi: 10.7759/cureus.59771
pmc: PMC11154016
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e59771Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024, Fragner et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.