Fatal myocardial infarction resulting from coronary artery septic embolism after abortion: unusual cause and complication of endocarditis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Significant medical complications after elective abortion are rare. However, complications do occur, and the emergency physician should always bear this in mind when evaluating a patient with significant illness who has recently undergone an elective abortion. Reported here is a case of postabortion endocarditis, manifesting as a septic coronary artery embolism, that led to a fatal acute myocardial infarction.
Medical subject headings
- Abortion, Induced
- Coronary Vessels
- Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial
- Myocardial Infarction
- Thromboembolism