When echocardiography, the customary diagnostic modality, did not identify a suspected
infection, we turned to another method. Our patient, a 71-year old man, was admitted
for an ischemic occipital stroke and fever. Two years earlier, he received a new biological
prosthesis as a replacement for the original aortic bioprosthesis that had been implanted
20 years before.
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Michael A. Bettmann, MD, Section Editor
Funding: Supported by the “Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique” (FRS-FNRS). Philippe Unger has received a grant from the “Fonds pour la Chirugie Cardiaque.”
Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have a conflict of interest to declare.
Authorship: All authors had access to all data and participated in the preparation of the manuscript.
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