1. Infective endocarditis presenting as acute coronary syndrome
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Mohamed Cherti, Hicham El Malki, Meryam Loubaris, Mohamed Laaroussi, Alae El Masmoudi, and Tahar El Kandoussi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Acute coronary syndrome ,paravalvular abscess ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,acute coronary syndrome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Left coronary artery ,Internal medicine ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,ST segment ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Thrombus ,lcsh:R5-920 ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Infective endocarditis ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,business ,vegetation embolization ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Artery - Abstract
We report tow cases of infective endocarditis (IE) presenting as acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Case 1: A 60-year-old man with the diagnosis of mitral IE complicated by an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention with aspiration of the thrombus at the distal leftanterior descending (LAD) artery was successfully performed. Case 2: A 72 year old man was admitted for an aortic root abscess compressing the left coronary artery. The treatment required surgery, including coronary artery bypass procedure. The postoperative course was complicated by multiple organ failure, and the patient died after 48 h.Pan African Medical Journal 2016; 23
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- 2016