Cardiogenic Shock and Mitral Valve Chord Rupture
oleh: Joshua Lampert, MD, Michael Halista, MD, Elisabet Pujadas, MD, PhD, Steven Alexander, MD, Benjamin Bier, MD, Michael Hadley, MD, Michael Healy, MD, Fahd Yunus, MD, Martin Goldman, MD, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2020-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Distinguishing Libman-Sacks endocarditis from other valvular heart disease etiologies has important implications for management. We present a case of a 23-year-old man who presented in extremis with fever and cardiogenic shock caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis with associated mitral valve chord rupture. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)