A unique case report of mitral valve endocarditis associated with coronary stent infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increasing use of percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting, septic complications such as coronary stent infections are rare. We report a unique case of mitral valve infective endocarditis and associated coronary stent infection which emerged 6 months after index stent insertion.

Case summary

A 56-year-old previously healthy man underwent percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting of left circumflex (LCx) coronary artery in the setting of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Six months later, he represented with inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and was found to have a coronary pseudoaneurysm of stented segment of LCx. The pseudoaneurysm was treated with insertion of a covered stent, and immediately following that he

SUBMITTER: Doost A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8728727 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature