Unusual mechanism of myocardial infarction in prosthetic valve endocarditis
A 46-year-old man with bicuspid aortic valve and severe calcific aortic stenosis was submitted to aortic valve replacement with a stented bioprosthesis. He developed Staphylococcus epidermidis prosthetic valve endocarditis a month later, presenting in the emergency room with acute myocardial infarct...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448920/ |