OF LIFE OR LIMB: THE ROLE OF ANTICOAGULATION IN NATIVE VALVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a complex and often deadly disease. Systemic emboli occur in up to 50% of patients, although the role of anticoagulation in native valve IE continues to be uncertain. A 62-year-old woman with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation on Coumadin and heart