Infective endocarditis and an embolomycotic aneurysm in a 25-month-old child |
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| Authors: | C Cave M T Longaker S Merrick D F Teitel J Goldstone E D Verrier |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. |
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| Abstract: | Infective endocarditis in young children is uncommon, especially where there is no underlying structural heart disease. While septic embolization in adults occurs in up to 43% of the cases of endocarditis, there is little data on systemic embolization in cases of children. We present an unusual case of a 25-month-old child with infective endocarditis and an embolomycotic aneurysm treated by mitral valve replacement and aortoiliac reconstruction. |
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