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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
; 13(3): 207-8, 2012 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22306781
RESUMO
A 79-year-old man with severe aortic stenosis, history of coronary artery disease and a recent hospitalization for sepsis presented at our institution following a syncope and angina at rest. Coronary angiography and aortography showed an aortic root abscess, causing left main coronary artery compression. This life-threatening complication of aortic valve endocarditis is rare and requires immediate surgical correction.