Why the study?
Despite increasing use of percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting, septic complications such as coronary stent infections are rare.
This case highlights the rare but severe risk of coronary stent infection and myocardial abscess associated with mitral valve endocarditis, which can be successfully managed with prolonged antibiotics and surgical valve replacement.
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May support combined antibiotics and surgery for rare coronary stent infection with endocarditis; single case leaves optimal strategies open.
Doost et al. (2021) studied this question.
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