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- A 61-year-old man was diagnosed with severe aortic regurgitation and an infection in the aortic root area, significantly affecting surrounding heart structures.
- An extensive surgical procedure involved removing infected tissue and reconstructing the area using a bovine pericardial patch.
- Ultimately, a mechanical aortic valve was implanted, along with repairs to the mitral and tricuspid valves and the right atrial wall to address the damage.
Article Abstract
A 61-year-old man was diagnosed with aortic stenoinsufficiency with periannular abscess, which involved the aortic root of noncoronary sinus (NCS) that invaded down to the central fibrous body, whole membranous septum, mitral valve (MV), and tricuspid valve (TV). The open complete debridement was executed from the aortic annulus at NCS down to the central fibrous body and annulus of the MV and the TV, followed by the left ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with implantation of a mechanical aortic valve by using a leaflet of the half-folded elliptical bovine pericardial patch. Another leaflet of this patch was used for the repair of the right atrial wall with a defect and the TV.
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