Septic embolization of left and right coronary arteries resulting in sudden death: A rare complication of infective endocarditis.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial endocarditis gives rise to a variety of complications due to local tissue damage, immunological phenomena, and embolic phenomena. Only a small number of cases of coronary embolization have been reported in infective endocarditis patients. This is a case of subacute bacterial endocarditis in a postpartum mother complicated by fatal left and right coronary artery embolization. A 32-year-old postpartum mother with a history of rheumatic heart disease presented with a history of fever, shortness of breath, and bilateral ankle edema for 1-week duration. On admission, the patient was alert, febrile with a pulse rate of 90 beats/min, blood pressure 105/70 mmHg, and her lungs were clear. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed vegetations attached to both mitral and aortic valves. She wa

SUBMITTER: Hewarathna UI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278681 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature