ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction due to septic coronary embolism: a case report.
Carlotta MazzoniValentina ScheggiNiccolò MarchionniPier Luigi StefànoPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
Type 2 myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolism is a rare presentation of infective endocarditis and requires a high level of suspicion for its diagnosis. Prosthetic heart valves are a predisposing factor for infective endocarditis: aortic root abscess requires surgery as it rarely regresses with antibiotic therapy.
Keyphrases
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery
- aortic valve
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- minimally invasive
- pulmonary artery
- aortic valve replacement
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute kidney injury
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- case report
- rare case
- pulmonary arterial hypertension