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Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir
; 54(2): 163-166, 2022 Apr.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35419786
ABSTRACT
We present a case of septic embolization of the right radial artery by a cardiogenic embolus resulting from infective endocarditis. After the first suspicion of a palmar forearm phlegmon due to tenosynovitis was voiced, surgery revealed a long-segment occlusion of the radial artery. We resected the thrombosed part of the artery and reconstructed the latter with a vein interposition graft. Further diagnostic evaluation by echocardiography revealed vegetations on the anterior mitral leaflet. Reconstruction of the mitral valve was performed by annuloplasty.