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<p>Despite the fact that more and more guidelines that systematize our knowledge are being published, infective endocarditis remains a considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. This is partially caused by the variable course of the disease process and numerous potential complications with high mortality. We present a case of a 48-year-old police officer with an inflammatory process within the aortic valve that led to the development of peripheral emboli in the central nervous system, kidney, spleen and within the lumbosacral spine. The complexity of the clinical situation required the cooperation of various medical specialists and combined use of various imaging methods, including ultrasound. This ultimately enabled the correct diagnosis to be established and had a significant impact on the planning and monitoring of the diagnostic process.</p>
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Despite the fact that more and more guidelines that systematize our knowledge are being published, infective endocarditis remains a considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. This is partially caused by the variable course of the disease process and numerous potential complications with high mortality. We present a case of a 48-year-old police officer with an inflammatory process within the aortic valve that led to the development of peripheral emboli in the central nervous system, kidney, spleen and within the lumbosacral spine. The complexity of the clinical situation required the cooperation of various medical specialists and combined use of various imaging methods, including ultrasound. This ultimately enabled the correct diagnosis to be established and had a significant impact on the planning and monitoring of the diagnostic process.

Multimodality imaging in a diagnostic and therapeutic process of a patient with infective endocarditis

Journal of Ultrasonography

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Despite the fact that more and more guidelines that systematize our knowledge are being published, infective endocarditis remains a considerable diagnostic and...

Multimodality imaging in a diagnostic and therapeutic process of a patient with infective endocarditis

Article Category: case-report

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 61 - 66

Received: Nov 20, 2019

Accepted: Feb 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0010

Keywords
infective endocarditis, multimodality imaging, osteodiscitis, endocarditis team, echocardiography

© 2021 Polish Ultrasound Society. Published by Medical Communications Sp. z o.o.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Multimodality imaging in a diagnostic and therapeutic process of a patient with infective endocarditis

Article Category: case-report

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 61 - 66

Received: Nov 20, 2019

Accepted: Feb 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0010

Keywordsinfective endocarditis, multimodality imaging, osteodiscitis, endocarditis team, echocardiography

© 2021 Polish Ultrasound Society. Published by Medical Communications Sp. z o.o.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
infective endocarditis, multimodality imaging, osteodiscitis, endocarditis team, echocardiography