Book contents
- Rare Causes of Stroke
- Rare Causes of Stroke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Inflammatory Conditions
- 2 Infectious and Postinfectious Vasculitis
- 3 Hypercoagulable Causes of Stroke
- 4 Drug-Related Stroke
- 5 Hereditary and Genetic Causes of Stroke
- 6 Rare Causes of Cardioembolism
- Chapter 6.1 Paradoxical Embolism: Patent Foramen Ovale
- Chapter 6.2 Infective Endocarditis
- 7 Vasospastic Conditions and Other Vasculopathies
- 8 Other Non-inflammatory Vasculopathies
- 9 Venous Occlusive Conditions
- 10 Bone Disorders and Stroke
- Index
- References
Chapter 6.2 - Infective Endocarditis
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022
- Rare Causes of Stroke
- Rare Causes of Stroke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Inflammatory Conditions
- 2 Infectious and Postinfectious Vasculitis
- 3 Hypercoagulable Causes of Stroke
- 4 Drug-Related Stroke
- 5 Hereditary and Genetic Causes of Stroke
- 6 Rare Causes of Cardioembolism
- Chapter 6.1 Paradoxical Embolism: Patent Foramen Ovale
- Chapter 6.2 Infective Endocarditis
- 7 Vasospastic Conditions and Other Vasculopathies
- 8 Other Non-inflammatory Vasculopathies
- 9 Venous Occlusive Conditions
- 10 Bone Disorders and Stroke
- Index
- References
Summary
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a disease of the endocardial surface of the heart, native or prosthetic heart valves or intracardiac cardiac devices with an estimated annual incidence ranging from 3 to 14 per 100.000 person-years. The causes and epidemiology have changed in recent decades due to the growing number of health-related procedures and lower incidence of rheumatic heart disease. Although IE is a rare cause of stroke, this is the most common neurological complication of IE, affecting up to 35% of all patients. Risk factors for brain embolization include vegetation size and mobility, left-side vegetation and a Staphylococcus aureus infection. We present a 41 year-old man with a history of heroin and cocaine use and chronic liver disease (alcoholic and hepatitis C virus), who presented with stroke and was diagnosed with infective endocarditis
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- Rare Causes of StrokeA Handbook, pp. 287 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022