Histoplasma Endocarditis Diagnosed by Thrombus Aspiration

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2018 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Canadian Journal of Cardiology, volume 34, pages 1,370,000,000,000-137,000,000,000,000 (issn: 0828-282X,

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Authors: Hussain Alzayer; José Winter; Ahmad Alshatti; Vidhya Nair; Tej Sheth; Richard P. Whitlock; Adel Dyub; +1 Authors

doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.417

pmid: 30269839

Histoplasma Endocarditis Diagnosed by Thrombus Aspiration

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Negative cultures in endocarditis often lead to delays in targeted life-saving therapies. We present the case of a 68-year-old man who presented with culture-negative endocarditis, which was complicated by coronary embolization resulting in anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Aspiration thrombectomy led to the diagnosis of fungal endocarditis, one of the most serious causes of culture-negative presentation.

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Male, Endocarditis, Heart Diseases, Histoplasma, Angiography, Thrombosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Histoplasmosis, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Aged, Thrombectomy

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