Austrian syndrome with a delayed onset of heart failure.
J Cardiovasc Ultrasound
; 19(1): 35-7, 2011 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
A 59-year-old man treated with pneumococcal meningitis 4 months ago was hospitalized for acute heart failure and performed aortic valve replacement by rupture of aortic valve. The frequent association of pneumococcal meningitis and endocarditis is known as Austrian syndrome. Though Austrian syndrome is a clinically rare disease, the evolution of pneumococcal endocarditis is very aggressive and associated with high mortality, and early recognition for evidence of endocardial lesion in patients with pneumococcal meningitis is important to reduce the complications and mortality rate.
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J Cardiovasc Ultrasound
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2011
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