Infectious endocarditis complicated by embolic accident such as acute ischemia of the right lower limb. A case report
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Infective endocarditis is a severe condition. It is an infection of the endocardium responsible for cardiac failure and cerebral embolisms. The goal of this work is to show a case of mitral endocarditis with ischemia of the lower extremity, secondary to embolic accident. We report the case of an 18 year old young woman presenting in our department for acute ischemia of the right leg with thrombus of the common femoral artery in echodoppler of the legs having to profit from a gesture of fogartisation of the member. Etiological investigation revealed a mitral endocarditis with the presence of mitral vegetation. She was operated in emergency conditions under cardiopulmonary bypass, with mitral reparation after arterial removal of obstructions from the lower extremity.Postoperative course was simple. Cardiac indication of surgical operation, on the one hand, the moment of this intervention, on the other hand, are difficult decisions. These decisions require a narrow monitoring of the patient, with daily examinations such as CT and the transthoracic or chocardiography. These decisions require also a close collaboration between the doctor, the surgeon and the microbiologist.
Author: Rédha LAKEHAL
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405115977