Successful surgical management of patients with infective endocarditis associated with acute neurologic deficits

Subjects were 2 patients with neurologic deficits due to infective endocarditis. The first, a 30-year-old woman with acute ischemic stroke, was found to have vegetation from infective endocarditis as the embolic source. Two weeks after she experienced an acute ischemic stroke, we conducted elective...

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Published in:General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2002-05, Vol.50 (5), p.220-223
Main Authors: Sawamura, Yoshihiro, Fukuju, Takeo, Kikuchi, Sekinori, Kitahara, Masakazu, Ito, Takashi, Tabayashi, Koichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aneurysm, Infected - complications
Aneurysm, Ruptured - complications
Carotid Arteries
Elective Surgical Procedures
Endocarditis, Bacterial - etiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial - surgery
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages - etiology
Mitral Valve - surgery
Stroke - etiology
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Summary:Subjects were 2 patients with neurologic deficits due to infective endocarditis. The first, a 30-year-old woman with acute ischemic stroke, was found to have vegetation from infective endocarditis as the embolic source. Two weeks after she experienced an acute ischemic stroke, we conducted elective cardiac surgery. The second, a 16-year-old girl with infective endocarditis, suffered a ruptured mycotic aneurysm in the left carotid system complicated by intracranial hemorrhage. We conducted a successful staged mitral valve replacement following craniotomy.
ISSN:1344-4964
1863-6705
1863-2092
1863-6713
DOI:10.1007/BF03032291