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Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report.

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Santos, EL; Lima, AD; Dompieri, L; Holanda, AC; Aquino, MA; Lopes, RD
Published in: Cureus
March 10, 2018

This report describes a case of aortic valve endocarditis with systemic and paradoxical pulmonary embolism in a patient with congenital interventricular communication. The patient underwent cardiac surgery and did not have a favorable outcome, presenting refractory cardiogenic shock and subsequently dying while in the hospital. This is an extremely rare case of paradoxical embolism in a patient with infective endocarditis; only four similar cases have been reported in the literature.

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Cureus

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2168-8184

Publication Date

March 10, 2018

Volume

10

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e2301

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Santos, E. L., Lima, A. D., Dompieri, L., Holanda, A. C., Aquino, M. A., & Lopes, R. D. (2018). Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report. Cureus, 10(3), e2301. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2301
Santos, Eduardo L., Andre D. Lima, Luca Dompieri, Arthur C. Holanda, Maria A. Aquino, and Renato D. Lopes. “Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report.Cureus 10, no. 3 (March 10, 2018): e2301. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2301.
Santos EL, Lima AD, Dompieri L, Holanda AC, Aquino MA, Lopes RD. Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report. Cureus. 2018 Mar 10;10(3):e2301.
Santos, Eduardo L., et al. “Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report.Cureus, vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 2018, p. e2301. Pubmed, doi:10.7759/cureus.2301.
Santos EL, Lima AD, Dompieri L, Holanda AC, Aquino MA, Lopes RD. Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report. Cureus. 2018 Mar 10;10(3):e2301.

Published In

Cureus

DOI

ISSN

2168-8184

Publication Date

March 10, 2018

Volume

10

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e2301

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences