Testa Marzia, Lombardo Enrico, Avogadri Enrico, Agostini Marco, Forte Giuseppe, Piccolo Salvatore, Feola Mauro
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation-Heart Failure Unit, Ospedale SS Trinita' Fossano, Italy.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2012 Jun;78(2):107-8. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2012.132.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an inflammatory disease which interests heart endothelium and mostly heart valves. IE is not a uniform disease, but presents in a variety of different forms that makes the diagnosis difficult. Echocardiography is a crucial diagnostic tool for the diagnosis, especially in those patients who have no typical symptoms as in the case here presented, in which the possibility of a myxoma was also considered.
感染性心内膜炎（IE）是一种累及心脏内皮、主要是心脏瓣膜的炎症性疾病。IE并非单一疾病，而是呈现出多种不同形式，这使得诊断变得困难。超声心动图是诊断的关键工具，尤其是对于那些没有典型症状的患者，如本文所述病例，该病例中还考虑了黏液瘤的可能性。
