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.
Amnesia: a matter of the heart
May 2003Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2003;10:AIC 59–AIC 60 Leave a commentClick any image to enlarge