European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 10, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(15):1888; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn042
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Aortic valvular endocarditis with mobile vegetations and intracoronary embolism: demonstration by cardiac multislice computed tomography
1 Département médico-chirurgical de Cardiologie, CHU Poitiers, Hopital de la Milétrie, rue de la milétrie, 86000, Poitiers, France
2 Département Radiologie, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 5 49 44 44 42, Fax: +33 5 43 44 50 10, Email: l.christiaens@chu-poitiers.fr
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A 51-year-old patient, treated for dental abscess 3 months ago, was admitted for an acute coronary syndrome and fever. He had a fever of 38.5°C and a diastolic murmur. Blood cultures were positive for Streptococcus anginosus.