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Review
. 2011 Dec 16;2(1):e1.
doi: 10.4081/cp.2012.e1. eCollection 2012 Jan 1.

Mild stroke symptoms as the initial presentation of a patient with underlying subacute bacterial endocarditis

Ami Kamdar  1 , Michael Debney  1 , James Scott  1 , Diane Ames  1
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Review

Mild stroke symptoms as the initial presentation of a patient with underlying subacute bacterial endocarditis

Ami Kamdar et al. Clin Pract. .

Abstract

We describe a patient with sub-acute bacterial endocarditis, whose chief presenting feature was mild expressive dysphasia.

Keywords: embolic infarcts.; subacute bacterial endocarditis.

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Figure 1
Parasternal long axis view-showing vegetation on anterior mitral valve leaflet.
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Figure 2
Parasternal short axis view showing vegetation on anterior mitral valve leaflet.
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Figure 3
Magnetic resonance imaging head-DWI hyperintensity revealing a left temporo-parietal infarct.
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Figure 4
Magnetic resonance imaging head-DWI hyperintensity in the right parietal cortex revealing an embolic infarct.
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