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Endocarditis of Left Ventricular Apical Patch with Cavity formation

Publication at Third Faculty of Medicine |
2007

Abstract

An 82-year-old man was admitted for septic fever and chills in May 2005. He had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting and aneurysmectomy of the left ventricular apical aneurysm in September 2004.

Since January 2005, he had complained about episodes of night sweating, fever with chills and fatigue. Antibiotics prescribed by the general physician.