What is it about?
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infection of the endocardial surface of the heart, most often involving cardiac valves. Despite advances in microbiological diagnosis, multimodality imaging, and surgical techniques, IE continues
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Why is it important?
carry a 30-day mortality of 15–30% and an in-hospital mortality of up to 25% in contemporary cohorts [1,2]. Its incidence is estimated at 3–10 episodes per 100,000 person-years in high-income countries, with a notable shift in epidemiology toward older patients and nosocomial acquisition [3].
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A 62-year-old man with no known history of cardiac disease, valvular pathology, prior cardiac surgery, intravenous drug use, or recent invasive procedures presented to the emergency department with a several-day history of fever and rapidly progressive weakness of all four limbs. On admission, the patient was febrile (38.4°C), tachycardic at 110 bpm, with a blood pressure of 110/60 mmHg.
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This page is a summary of: Fatal Delay: How a Neurological Presentation Concealed Destructive Aortic Infective Endocarditis with Paravalvular Abscess, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, May 2026, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2600108.
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