Asmaa Elamraoui, Adam Fadoul, Yousra Hamine, Ghali Bennouna, Leila Azzouzi, Abdenasser Drighil & Rachida Habbal·Asian Journal of Cardiology Research·2023
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (LSE) is a rare cardiovascular manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus and has been described as an aseptic verrucous non-bacterial autonomic disease. Theselesions can cause progressive damage to heart valves and may need surgery. The aortic and mi...
Acute myocardial infarction caused by septic embolism is usually fatal. A 43-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with severe chest pain within 4 hours. An electrocardiogram showed prominent anterolateral ST elevation in precordial leads (V2-V6) and lateral...
Fungal endocarditis of the right heart constitutes a pathological entity of often delicate diagnosis, associated with a potentially severe prognosis. We report the case of a 37-year-old patient, hospitalized for Candida albicans infective endocarditis of the right heart on a tunn...
Background: Mechanical valves are inherently thrombogenic and require meticulous anticoagulation. Thrombosis of cardiac valve prostheses is a dangerous complication, that practitioners should clearly explain to their patients the potential risks of stopping treatment. Case Presen...
Takayasu's disease (TD) is an inflammatory arteritis of the large vessels that affects with predilection the aorta and its main branches, the thickening of the vascular wall is the most characteristic early sign of the disease leading progressively to stenoses, thromboses and occ...