RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cardiac rupture caused by <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> septicaemia and pericarditis: an incidental finding
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP e4
OP e4
DO 10.1136/heart.85.3.e4
VO 85
IS 3
A1 S Osula
A1 R Lowe
A1 R A Perry
YR 2001
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/85/3/e4.abstract
AB A 35 year old woman with a long history of intravenous drug abuse presented to a local hospital with severe anaemia, fever, raised markers of inflammation, and positive blood cultures forStaphylococcus aureus. She responded to treatment with antibiotics with improvement in her symptoms and markers of inflammation. Four weeks later a “routine” echocardiogram showed a rupture of her left ventricular apex and a large pseudoaneurysm. There had been no deterioration in her symptoms or haemodynamic status to herald this new development. It was successfully repaired surgically and the patient made a good recovery.