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Case Report • Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 88 (1) • Jan 2007 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2007000100023   copy

Abdominal mycotic aneurysm and cerebral embolic event associated with infective endocarditis in a patient with chronic rheumatic valvar disease

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We report the case of a girl with chronic rheumatic valvar heart disease who developed infeccious endocarditis and two complications, ischemic stroke due to cerebral embolic event and mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.

Endocarditis; rheumatic heart disease; aneurysm, infected; intracranial embolism

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