Active Infective Endocarditis Involving All Four Cardiac Valves

A case is presented of a 70-year-old man treated for 3 months for necrotizing pancreatitis with multiorgan failure. The autopsy revealed enterococcal endocarditis affecting all eleven valvular cusps of the four heart valves.

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Published in:Cardiovascular pathology 2000-09, Vol.9 (5), p.293-296
Main Authors: Steiner, Ivo, Nikolov, Dimitar Hadzi, Havel, Eduard, Zapomelova, Lenka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Endocarditis, Bacterial - complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial - pathology
Fatal Outcome
Heart Valve Diseases - etiology
Heart Valve Diseases - pathology
Heart Valves - pathology
Humans
Male
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Summary:A case is presented of a 70-year-old man treated for 3 months for necrotizing pancreatitis with multiorgan failure. The autopsy revealed enterococcal endocarditis affecting all eleven valvular cusps of the four heart valves.
ISSN:1054-8807
1879-1336
DOI:10.1016/S1054-8807(00)00033-8