Native valve infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, with an incidence of 3–7 cases per 100,000 person-years.1,2 Cardiac structural complications from local infection extension include valvular destruction, peri-annular abscess and fistula formation. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVP) from IE is exceedingly rare, occurring in &...
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A 73-year-old female with a history of recent bio-prosthetic aortic valve replacement, stroke, hypertension, breast cancer status post-lumpectomy and radiotherapy, and hyperlipidemia was admitted with shortness of breath and tachycardia. Her blood pressure (BP) was 147/65 and her pulse was 105/...
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