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Four cases of purulent complications in the heart following acute myocardial infarction were described, highlighting the risk of bacteremia following invasive monitoring procedures.
Case Report (n=4)
Invasive monitoring procedures in patients with acute myocardial infarction carry a risk of bacteremia and subsequent purulent cardiac complications.
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Invasive monitoring in AMI may raise purulent complication risk; case reports leave open true incidence and prevention strategies.
Four cases of purulent complications in the heart following acute myocardial infarction are described. Fever occurred during the first week after coronary occlusion. In one case thrombophlebitis at an infusion site was followed by purulent pericarditis. One patient had an infected mural thrombus with peripheral septic embolic, and two suffered from streptococcal endocarditis. The association between these infections and recent acute myocardial infarction could be related to tissue necrosis and local thrombosis, but the increasing risk of bacteremia following invasive monitoring procedures in these patients is a risk factor that should not be ignored.
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Alkan et al. (1986) conducted a case report in Acute myocardial infarction with infectious complications (n=4). Invasive monitoring procedures was evaluated on Purulent complications in the heart. Four cases of purulent complications in the heart following acute myocardial infarction were described, highlighting the risk of bacteremia following invasive monitoring procedures.
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