Septic Coronary Embolism1
Corresponding Author
STUART BELDNER M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030. Fax: (516) 562–2352.Search for more papers by this authorAJAY BAJWA M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorBARRY KAPLAN M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorSTACEY ROSEN M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorBART STEINBERG M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorJEAN CACCIABAUDO M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
STUART BELDNER M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030. Fax: (516) 562–2352.Search for more papers by this authorAJAY BAJWA M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorBARRY KAPLAN M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorSTACEY ROSEN M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorBART STEINBERG M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorJEAN CACCIABAUDO M.D.
Department of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, Manhasset, New York
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
This report describes a case of a 31-year-old woman with mitral valve endocarditis complicated by a septic embolus to a coronary artery.
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