Professional paper
Endocarditis of native mitral valve which was presented like refractory septic shock
GORDANA CAVRIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-5155
; Zajčeva 19, University Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia
INGRID PRKAČIN
KHALED NASSABAIN
MAJA VUČKOVIĆ
DUNJA KURBEGOVIĆ
DUBRAVKA BARTOLEK HAMP
Abstract
We showed the case of a sixty-fve-yearold
woman who developed refractory septic
shock as a result of endocarditis of the
native mitral valve with maintained neat
systolic function of the lef ventricle and
moderate mitral regurgitation. Streptococcus
sanguinis was isolated from hemoculture.
Te patient did not have clearly
known predisposing factors for the development
of endocarditis, nor had elevated
temperature. She died 32 hours afer being
admitted to the hospital.
Keywords
endocarditis; native mitral valve; refractory septic shock
Hrčak ID:
195375
URI
Publication date:
1.3.2018.
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