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- The risk of stroke is highest within the first week of infective endocarditis, especially in low-resource settings where diagnostic tools are limited.
- Treatment may involve antibiotics, intravenous thrombolysis, or mechanical thrombectomy, but these carry risks of complications, particularly bleeding.
- A case is reported of a 24-year-old male with rheumatic heart disease who experienced a septic cardioembolic stroke due to infective endocarditis and received successful treatment in a low-resource environment.
Article Abstract
The risk of stroke due to infective endocarditis is particularly high during the first week. Moreover, in low-resource settings where imaging access is limited, and diagnostic pathways are inaccurate the risk further increases. In addition to antibiotic therapy, treatment may include intravenous thrombolysis, with high risk of hemorrhagic complications in patients with infective endocarditis or mechanical thrombectomy. We report here a case of a 24-year-old male with rheumatic heart disease presenting a septic cardioembolic stroke secondary to infective endocarditis that was successfully treated in a low-resource setting.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304976 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omae083 | DOI Listing |
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