Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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A RARE CASE OF NON-BACTERIAL THROMBOTIC ENDOCARDITIS IN YOUNG WOMAN AFFECTED BY ADVANCED UTERINE CANCER
Anno:
2023
A 37-year-old woman affected by uterine HPV-related adenocarcinoma complicated by paraneoplastic pulmonary thromboembolism, came to the emergency department for recurrent episodes of dysarthria and blurred vision with spontaneous resolution.  Home medications: Enoxaparin 5000 UI b.i.d, levofloxacin 500 mg/die, deltacortene 25 mg/die and omeprazole 20 mg/die.  Blood analysis: normocytic anemia (Hb 9…
Laubry-Pezzi syndrome: everything is not as it seems.
Anno:
2023
INTRODUCTION: Laubry-Pezzi syndrome is a congenital heart disease characterized by the prolapse of an aortic valve cusp into a subjacent ventricular septal defect (VSD), mostly supracristal, leading to severe aortic regurgitation (AR). It has been reported nearly always in childhood, the Venturi effect is the predominant factor and onset symptoms…