Infección por Salmonella de aneurisma ventricular izquierdo y trombo mural

  1. Huertas, Sergio 1
  2. Melendo-Viu, María 1
  3. Fernández, Sagrario 1
  4. Jiménez, Carmen 1
  5. Sánchez, Violeta 1
  1. 1 Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre. Madrid. España
Journal:
Revista de Ecocardiografía práctica y otras Técnicas de Imagen Cardíaca (RETIC)

ISSN: 2529-976X

Year of publication: 2017

Issue Title: Journal of Practical Echocardiography and Other Cardiac Imaging Techniques

Issue: 5

Pages: 51-54

Type: Article

DOI: 10.37615/RETIC.N5A10 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

We report a case of Salmonella infection of a cardiac mural thrombus associated with left ventricular aneurysm. This clinical case is a good example of cardiac-CT usefulness in anatomic assessment of mural endocarditis complications.

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