aortic coarctation/fever

Three infants with coarctation of the thoracic aorta, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and ventricular septal defect (VSD) underwent repair of the coarctation in three different institutions. Despite a technically uncomplicated operation, each was noted to have significant paraplegia postoperatively.

Q fever is a zoonotic disease that is caused by Coxiella burnetii, a gram-negative coccobacillary bacterium. Human infection primarily occurs following the inhalation of aerosols containing C. burnetii. The infection can either present in an acute or chronic form. The three main presentations are

The authors describe a case of chronic endocarditis by Q fever, in a patient who had been operated for coarctation of the aorta twelve years previously and at the same time was carrier of a congenital bivalve aorta. The clinical picture was suggestive of subacute endocarditis, but the blood culture

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease that affects the endothelium of the large intrathoracic vessels, heart valves, and intra-cardiac foreign body material. A 20-year-old woman was admitted to the cardiology department with complaints of fever and palpitations. Transthoracic

An extremely low birth weight (832 g) and 29 gestational week neonate underwent surgical ligation of patent ductus arterious 20 days after birth and repair of coarctation of the aorta two months after the first operation. She developed asphyxia neonatorum and was artificially ventilated because of

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety of surgical repair for neonatal aortic coarctation combined with ventricular septal defect. METHODS Twenty-three aortic coarctation neonates received surgical treatment and their clinical data between April, 2013 and May, 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. All

One 12 day newborn, a 2 year old infant and two children aged 10 and 14, operated for isthmic coarctation of the aorta by three different surgical techniques (resection-anastomosis, angioplasty with an autograft, prosthetic graft) suffered infection of the operative field, resulting in septicemia (3

Coarctation complicated with mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare. We are reporting a case of a 26-year-old man suffered from this pathology. As the incidence of mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare in patients with aortic coarctation, the choice of this pathology for a patient presenting with

BACKGROUND Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, an uncommon intracellular bacterium found in livestock and domesticated dogs and cats. A minority of patients who acquire acute Q fever will subsequently develop chronic Q fever endocarditis, which often manifests in valvular

A 57-year-old man was admitted for 1 month of accelerating hemoptysis and hematemesis. Two weeks earlier, he first presented with fevers and hemoptysis of 2 weeks' duration and was diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia treated with 5 days of ceftriaxone and azithromycin. He improved and was

We report on an unusual case of a 3 year-old girl with coarctation of the aorta complicated by mycotic pseudoaneurysm and infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae.

The only symptoms and signs were fever and weak femoral pulses.

Takayasu's disease (TD) is a diffuse arteriopathy recognised by various names viz. Takayasu Arteritis, Takayasu's Disease, Takayasu Syndrome, Pulseless Disease, Non-specific Aortoarteritis, Reversed Coarctation, Aortic Arch Syndrome, Aortitis Syndrome, Young Female Arteritis, Idiopathic Arteritis

Background: Aortitis is a rare condition that can be caused by inflammatory or infectious aetiologies. The clinical presentation of aortitis includes a heterogeneous range of symptoms and clinical signs.