Abstract
Infective endocarditis is a serious complication of intravenous drug abuse and typically affects right side heart valves. This case highlights aortic valve endocarditis in a 46 year old man with Methicilline Resistant Staph Aureus (MSSA) bacteremia in the context of IV drug use.
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Rohani, A. (2019). Native AV Endocarditis. In: Clinical Cases in the Echocardiography Lab . Clinical Cases in Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16618-2_7
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