Bacterial endocarditis of the aortic valve with septic coronary embolism and myocardial infarction in a 4-month old baby |
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| Authors: | UEDA, M. BECKER, A. E. FUJIMOTO, T. TAMAI, H. |
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| Affiliation: | *Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School Osaka, Japan
!["{dagger}"]("/math/dagger.gif") Department of Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands
!["{ddagger}"]("/math/Dagger.gif") Department of Paediatrics, The Yodogawa Christian Hospital Osaka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | 4-month old baby, who developed infective endocarditis of theaortic valve following purulent arthritis of the hip joint,is presented. The baby developed signs of myocardial infarctionand died suddenly at the age of 6 months. Autopsy revealed alocalized healed coronary arteritis, almost certainly due toan infected embolus, as the underlying cause. |
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| Keywords: | Infantile bacterial endocarditis coronary embolism coronary arteritis infantile myocardial infarction |
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