ИНФЕКЦИОННЫЙ ЭНДОКАРДИТ КАК РЕДКОЕ ОСЛОЖНЕНИЕ ЦИРРОЗА ПЕЧЕНИ (ОПИСАНИЕ КЛИНИЧЕСКОГО СЛУЧАЯ)

Abstract

The complications caused by the infection are observed among 38–47% of cirrhosis patients and directly provoke death by about a quarter of patients. Infective endocarditis occurs among 0.34–1.33%. The diagnostics of infective endocarditis remains a challenge for general practitioners. This article describes the clinical course of cirrhosis, complicated by endocarditis.

Keywords

• cirrhosis
• infective endocarditis
• transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography