Aspiration therapy in septic coronary embolism complicating infectious endocarditis: Figure 1

A 74-year-old man was admitted for infectious endocarditis 12 years after aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. Echocardiography showed vegetations and prosthetic dysfunction; blood cultures identified Streptococcus gallolyticus . Antibiotherapy according to the antibiogram was administered while severe respiratory insufficiency contraindicated new surgery (figure 1). Figure 1 Septic coronary embolism: coronary angiography before (A) and after aspiration therapy (B); …