Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (Dec 2015)

Aortocavitary fistula as a complication of infective endocarditis and subsequent complete heart block in a patient with severe anemia

  • Jose N. Galeas,
  • Irving E. Perez,
  • Pedro A. Villablanca,
  • Harjit Chahal,
  • Robert Jackson,
  • Cynthia C. Taub

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29446
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 6
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Infective endocarditis has different presentations depending on the involvement of valvular and perivalvular structures, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Aortocavitary fistula is a rare complication. We introduce the case of a 48-year-old female with native valve endocarditis, complicated by aortocavitary fistula to the right atrium, and consequently presented with syncope.

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