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A 76-year-old man presented with coronary artery disease, staphylococcal sepsis, and aortic stenosis.
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A case report describing the presentation of a 76-year-old man with coronary artery disease, staphylococcal sepsis, and aortic stenosis.
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Alerts clinicians to this comorbidity triad in the elderly; leaves open optimal integrated management strategies.
Presentation of CaseA 76-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of coronary artery disease and staphylococcal sepsis.The patient was well until four years earlier, when he consulted a physician because of "burning" anterior chest pain on exertion. Physical examination showed a Grade 3 systolic ejection murmur and a Grade 1 aortic diastolic murmur. An electrocardiogram revealed atrial fibrillation, with complete right-bundle-branch block and left anterior hemiblock. A Doppler ultrasonographic examination disclosed evidence of aortic stenosis, with an aortic-valve pressure gradient of 75 mm Hg. The patient was referred to this hospital, where cardiac catheterization showed that the . . .
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Cabot et al. (1990) conducted a case report in Coronary artery disease and staphylococcal sepsis (n=1). A 76-year-old man presented with coronary artery disease, staphylococcal sepsis, and aortic stenosis.
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