Septic coronary embolism

J Interv Cardiol. 2002 Aug;15(4):301-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2002.tb01108.x.

Abstract

This report describes a case of a 31-year-old woman with mitral valve endocarditis complicated by a septic embolus to a coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Embolism / complications*
  • Embolism / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections*
  • Humans
  • Lactobacillus*
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology