Aortic Graft Infection as a Cause of Multiple Brain Infarcts
Brain embolism of cardiac origin is common in clinical practice. However, embolic brain infarcts due to aortic graft infection are very rare. We present a case of a 53-year-old woman with multiple brain infarcts, following an infection of ascending aortic graft. She was presented with fever and acut...
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Main Authors: | Vassiliki Tsirka, Jelena Maletic, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Dimitrios Karacostas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Cardiology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/575169 |
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