Hemorragia intraparenquimatosa como complicación neurológica de endocarditis de válvula nativa: a propósito de un caso

Abstract

Patients with infective endocarditis are generally referred to the intensive care unit due to one or more complications of this pathology. Neurological complications are one of the most important, since they complicate the course of IE and dramatically increase morbidity and mortality rates. Most of these occur early and are a hallmark of left-sided native or prosthetic valve abnormalities. A wide spectrum of neurological disorders can be observed in this scenario, among which is intracerebral hemorrhage. Clinical findings in this entity are associated with the location and extent of it and particularly those patients who develop it have worse outcomes. The objective of this article is to report a case of a patient with intraparenchymal hemorrhage as a neurological complication of IE, emphasizing its clinical, pathophysiological, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics.