1. Fatal unruptured myocardial abscesses
- Author
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Duncan Hogg, Stephen Stott, and Louisa Mcilwaine
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Fatal outcome ,business.industry ,Images in Cardiology ,MEDLINE ,Lower chest ,medicine.disease ,Pericardial effusion ,Abscess ,Surgery ,Heart Arrest ,Fatal Outcome ,Escherichia coli urinary tract infection ,medicine ,Humans ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Cardiomyopathies ,Escherichia coli Infections ,Aged - Abstract
A 67 year old man was admitted with a two week history of intermittent lower chest pain. He had been treated for a bacteriologically confirmed Escherichia coli urinary tract infection six months previously. On admission he was apyrexial, normotensive, and an echocardiogram showed a 1–2 cm pericardial effusion …
- Published
- 2000