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A publication of the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Uma publicação do Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
DOI: 10.36660/abcimg.20240133i
Clinical case We report the case of a 55-year-old male patient who was admitted to the hospital in July 2019 with sudden left hemiplegia, mitral systolic murmur 4+, and aortic systolic and diastolic murmurs 2+. He had a history of aortic valve replacement in 2015, with a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve (PAV) due to infective endocarditis (IE). Cranial computed tomography (CT) revealed a right frontoparietal hematoma (), and blood tests revealed hyperglycemia and elevated C-reactive protein. His electrocardiogram (ECG) showed […]
Keywords: Endocarditis; Heart Valve Prosthes; Multimodal Imaging