Salmonella infection of left ventricular aneurysm and mural thrombus
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37615/retic.n5a10Keywords:
thrombus, pseudoaneurysm, mural endocarditis.Abstract
We report a case of Salmonella infection of a cardiac mural thrombus associated with left ventricular aneurysm. This clinical case is a good example of cardiac-CT usefulness in anatomic assessment of mural endocarditis complications.
Downloads
Metrics
References
Greaves SC, Zhi G, Lee RT, et al. Incidence and natural history of left ventricular thrombus following anterior wall acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 1997; 80: 442-448. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00392-5
Srichai MB, Junor C, Rodriguez LL, et al. Clinical, imaging, and pathological characteristics of left ventricular thrombus: a comparison of contrastenhanced magnetic resonance imaging, transthoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography with surgical or pathological validation. Am Heart J 2006; 152: 75-84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.08.021
Catherwood E, Mintz GS, Kotler MN, et al. Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle complicated by Salmonella typhimurium infection. Recognition by two-dimensional echocardiography. Am J Med 1980; 68: 782-786. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(80)90271-5
Fernandez Guerrero ML, Aguado JM, Arribas A, et al. The spectrum of cardiovascular infections due to Salmonella enterica: a review of clinical features and factors determining outcome. Medicine (Baltimore) 2004; 83: 123-138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.md.0000125652.75260.cf
Amyot R, Girouard Y, Baillot R, Sauve C. Salmonella endocarditis of a ventricular aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature. Can J Cardiol 1997; 13: 299-301.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2017 Sergio Huertas, María Melendo-Viu, Sagrario Fernández, Carmen Jiménez, Violeta Sánchez
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
RETIC is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 which allows sharing, copying and redistribution of the material in any medium or format, under the following terms:
- Attribution: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that the licensor endorses you or your use.
- Non-commercial: you may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- No Derivatives: if you remix, transform or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- No Additional Restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything permitted by the license.
