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Septic Embolic Occlusion of Left Anterior Descending Artery

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

For reprint information contact: Sujit Nair, MRCS Tel: 44 793 205 7927 Fax: 44 207 351 8564 Email: drsnnair@hotmail.com, 21 Shearsby Drive, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0RN, United Kingdom.

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A 68-year old hypertensive and diabetic male with known third degree haemorrhoids presented with a 5-months history of dyspnoea, orthopnoea, fever and weight loss. On physical examination he was pyrexial with a sinus tachycardia (140 beats·min^–1), raised . . . [Full Text of this Article]