Fragner Michael, Srivats Sudarshan S, Elsaygh Jude, Pink Kevin
Internal Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
Internal Medicine, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, USA.
Cureus. 2024 May 6;16(5):e59771. doi: 10.7759/cureus.59771. eCollection 2024 May.
Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) evolves over weeks to months, often without typical features of acute endocarditis. Its presentation progresses gradually until possibly complicated by sentinel events, such as a cerebrovascular accident from embolization or a ruptured vessel. This is a case of SBE presenting as symptomatic anemia in a female patient with severe aortic regurgitation (AR) and mitral regurgitation (MR) due to bi-valvular vegetations in the absence of typical acute endocarditis and congestive heart failure (CHF) features.
亚急性细菌性心内膜炎(SBE)病程长达数周或数月,通常无急性心内膜炎的典型特征。其症状逐渐进展,直至可能因诸如栓塞导致的脑血管意外或血管破裂等标志性事件而出现并发症。这是一例SBE病例,该女性患者因双瓣膜赘生物导致严重主动脉瓣反流(AR)和二尖瓣反流(MR),表现为症状性贫血,且无典型急性心内膜炎和充血性心力衰竭(CHF)特征。