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ArticleCureus2025

An Unusual Case of Aortic Vegetation Causing Coronary Artery Microembolization and Sudden Death: A Case Report.

Mohamed R Mohamed, Hayley Mitchel, Farouk Mookadam, Radha Gopalan

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mohamed R MohamedCardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.
Hayley MitchelRadiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, Tucson, USA.
Farouk MookadamCardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.
Radha GopalanCardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition with increasing prevalence and high mortality, particularly among intravenous drug users (IVDU). While heart failure is a common complication, sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to coronary embolization is a rare event. We report a case of a 35-year-old male with a history of IVDU who presented with fever, chest discomfort, and dyspnea following a traumatic burn injury. Blood cultures grew methicillin-sensitive

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aortic vegetationcadendocarditisiv drug-usesudden cardiac death (scd)

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PMID40453249
PMCPMC12124695

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