Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Jan 2007)

Aneurisma micótico abdominal e embolia cerebral associados à endocardite infecciosa em paciente com doença valvar reumática crônica Abdominal mycotic aneurysm and cerebral embolic event associated with infective endocarditis in a patient with chronic rheumatic valvar disease

  • Bernadete Lourdes Liphaus,
  • Cláudia Goldenstein-Schainberg,
  • Letícia Monteiro Kitamura,
  • Clóvis Artur Almeida Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2007000100023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 88, no. 1
pp. e7 – e9

Abstract

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Relatamos o caso de uma menina com doença valvar crônica devido à febre reumática que apresentou endocardite infecciosa e duas complicações: acidente vascular cerebral devido à embolia e aneurisma micótico da artéria mesentérica superior.We report the case of a girl with chronic rheumatic valvar heart disease who developed infeccious endocarditis and two complications, ischemic stroke due to cerebral embolic event and mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.

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