Domínguez-Borgúa A, Jiménez-Sánchez JA, Izaguirre VF, Palacios-Campos VA, Bailón-Becerra A, Castañeda-Espinosa S, Gallardo-Rivera CE

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 203-209
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ABSTRACT

Infective endocarditis is defined as inflammation of the endocardium with compromise of the heart valves caused by an infection, mainly of bacterial origin; it remains a serious disease with a mortality rate between 18-30%. This paper reports the case of a patient with income data of cerebrovascular ischemic event and then the diagnosis was of septic embolism secondary to infective endocarditis.

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