Massive hemoptysis and recurrent tricuspid infective endocarditis in a heroin addict. Successful treatment by bronchial artery embolization and valvulectomy.
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CHEST I 82 I 2 I AUGUST, 1982 195 not for the clinical signs of subacute bacterial endocarditis, this mass would have been considered part of the membrane, representing severe obstruction by a thick membrane. The etiology of the aneurysm may be congenital or it may represent secondary protrusion of a weak portion of the membrane. Such an aneurysm may be mistakenly interpreted by echocardiography as vegetation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 82 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982