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  • Title: Unusual cause of myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure in a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis.
    Author: Bloechlinger S, Nebiker M, Windecker S.
    Journal: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv; 2014 Jan 01; 83(1):E69-72. PubMed ID: 23723097.
    Abstract:
    In a patient with staphylococcus lugdunensis prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and coronary septic embolism accompanied by antero-lateral myocardial infarction, embolic material was successfully aspirated from the bifurcation of the left anterior descending coronary artery and the first diagonal branch. A good angiographic result was documented six months thereafter when the patient presented with a second complication, pulsatile compression of the left main coronary artery by an abscess cavity originating between the aortic and mitral annulus, leading to congestive heart failure. The patient underwent successful surgical replacement of the aortic valve prosthesis with concomitant patch reconstruction of the annulus as well as tricuspid annuloplasty.
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