Infective endocarditis or myxoma? Description of a patient with new diagnosis of congestive heart failure Endocardite infettiva o mixoma? Descrizione di un caso con scompenso cardiaco di nuova insorgenza

Infective endocarditis or myxoma? Description of a patient with new diagnosis of congestive heart failure. M. Testa, E. Lombardo, E. Avogadri, M. Agostini, G. Forte, S. Piccolo, M. Feola. ABSTRACT: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an inflam- matory disease which interests heart endothelium and mostly heart valves. IE is not a uniform disease, but presents in a variety of different forms that makes the diagnosis dif-