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Subacute Multivalvular Bacterial Endocarditis Complicated by Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm and the Impact of Gender on
Michael Fragner1, Sudarshan S Srivats2, Jude Elsaygh1
1Internal Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
Abstract:
Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) evolves over weeks to months, often without typical features of acute endocarditis. Its presentation progresses gradually until possibly complicated by sentinel events, such as a cerebrovascular accident from embolization or a ruptured vessel. This is a case of SBE presenting as symptomatic anemia in a female patient with severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and mitral regurgitation (MR) due to bi-valvular vegetations in the absence of typical acute endocarditis and congestive heart failure (CHF) features.
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