Amnesia: a matter of the heart

May 2003    Volume 10, Issue 2   Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2003;10:AIC 59–AIC 60

Authors:
Divaka Perera, Neeraj Bhasin, Simon R Redwood

Infective endocarditis can be difficult to diagnose, especially in the absence of typical clinical features or Duke criteria. Seeding of emboli to the cerebral cortex can give rise to neurological symptoms. In the case presented here amnesia was, unusually, the most prominent feature.

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