2019
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.32.157.13009
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Endocardite infectieuse mitro-aortique compliquée de perforation valvulaire, d’anévrisme mycotique et d’infarctus spléno-rénal

Abstract: L'endocardite infectieuse est considérée comme une pathologie potentiellement grave malgré tous les progrès en diagnostic et traitement. Les valves du cœur gauche sont plus touchées et les évènements emboliques, les anévrismes mycotiques, les abcès ainsi que les perforations des valves en sont des complications redoutables. Nous rapportons le cas d'une endocardite ayant atteint les valves aortique et mitrale et qui s'est compliquée d'infarctus splénique et rénale, d'anévrisme mycotique cérébral et d'une perfor… Show more

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“…Cerebral embolisms are sometimes inaugural and associated with the worst prognosis, with a mortality rate of 21–81% [ 12 ]. In several European studies, ischemic cerebrovascular accident constitutes 20–60% of the neurological complications of infective endocarditis, especially in the territory of the middle cerebral artery [ 13 ]. A brain abscess is more frequently a feature of acute endocarditis than subacute endocarditis.…”
Section: Clinical Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cerebral embolisms are sometimes inaugural and associated with the worst prognosis, with a mortality rate of 21–81% [ 12 ]. In several European studies, ischemic cerebrovascular accident constitutes 20–60% of the neurological complications of infective endocarditis, especially in the territory of the middle cerebral artery [ 13 ]. A brain abscess is more frequently a feature of acute endocarditis than subacute endocarditis.…”
Section: Clinical Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%