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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb;41(2):154-5.
doi: 10.1136/thx.41.2.154.

Staphylococcal infection of a left ventricular aneurysm

I R Starkey, D K Kaplan, J A Thorpe
Case Reports

Staphylococcal infection of a left ventricular aneurysm

I R Starkey et al. Thorax. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

Left ventricular aneurysm formation is a common complication of myocardial infarction. Depending on the definition used, the incidence in survivors of acute myocardial infarction is between 4% and 40%, with mural thrombi present in about half of all aneurysms. Infection of these thrombi at times of bacteraemia might be expected to occur quite commonly but has been described only occasionally. We present such a case and review previously reported cases.

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