Candidemia with endovascular focus in valved aortic graft, imaging in the multimodality era: magnetic resonance imaging of the heart
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cardiac magnetic resonance, infective endocarditis, candida parapsilosis.Abstract
We present a case of infective endocarditis due to Candida parapsilosis in a vascular suture of the ascending thoracic aorta. Cardiac magnetic resonance gave the definitive diagnosis.
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