Splenic haematoma complicating infective endocarditis: role of preoperative splenic artery embolization
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Splenic haematoma complicating infective endocarditis: role of preoperative splenic artery embolization.
Splenic involvement is not uncommon among patients with infective endocarditis (IE). These patients are susceptible to massive intra-abdominal haemorrhage resulting either from splenic rupture complicating endocarditis or from complication of major splenectomy. We report a patient with splenic haematoma complicating IE with progressive cardiac decompensation and valve destruction warranting ear...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1873-734X,1010-7940
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu179