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Isolated apical intracavitary left ventricular abscess in a normal heart: a rare complication of Streptococcus
A Hurlé1, J F Nistal, J A Gutierrez
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario 'Marqués de Valdecilla', University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
Cardiovascular Surgery (London, England)
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 31-year-old patient without past history of cardiac disease presented with an atypical form of Streptococcus milleri endocarditis. The disease progressed in an unusually aggressive manner, with abscess formation in the apex of the left ventricular cavity. The cardiac valves functioned normally and were not affected by the disease.