Acute myocardial infarction as first clinical presentation of infective endocarditis

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Dec;17(12):1393. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew206. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Authors

Joan Isaac Llaó-Ferrando¹, Marcel Santaló-Corcoy², Abdel Hakim Moustafa³, María Rodriguez-Santás⁴, Antonio José Barros-Membrilla⁵

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau-UAB, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain jllaof@santpau.cat.
² Cardiology Department, Hospital Parc Taulí-UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau-UAB, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain.
⁴ Pathology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau-UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Cardiac Imaging Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau-UAB, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 27679594
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew206

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Aortic Valve / surgery
Chest Pain / diagnosis
Chest Pain / etiology
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Thrombosis / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography / methods
Emergency Service, Hospital
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Multimodal Imaging / methods*
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / surgery
Risk Assessment
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Treatment Outcome