AUG 6, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Altered Mental Status in Emergency Department Patient with Cerebral Septic Emboli from Infective Endocarditis: Case Report
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
A single case report illustrating clinical presentation and management of a known complication of infective endocarditis; describes diagnostic and treatment approach but carries no comparative evidence or outcome generalizability.
Reported
IE mortality rate30%
Risk of IE in structural cardiac…23-47%
Proportion of IE cases complicate…25%