Coronary embolism causing myocardial infarction.

Kraus, P A; Lipman, J · Intensive Care Med · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Two cases of myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism arising from bacterial endocarditis are reported. The importance of this condition in the differential diagnosis of myocardial infarction from non-atheromatous coronary artery disease is highlighted and the literature on the subject is reviewed.

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