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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.051 | DOI Listing |
Ann Thorac Surg
October 2017
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
J Heart Valve Dis
July 2013
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan.
A 52-year-old man, who underwent double valve replacement for native valve infectious endocarditis, developed prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) at nine months after the initial operation. Operative findings revealed a wide aortic annular abscess, which extended through the intervalvular fibrous body to the mitral annulus. The infected mitral valve was excised through the atrial septum.
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March 2012
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
A 63-year-old female, who had undergone aortic and mitral valve replacement 16 years ago, was admitted because of urinary tract infection. The patient developed cerebral hemorrhage. Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from her blood culture.
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September 1990
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka National Hospital.
A 58-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of the prosthetic valve endocarditis in mitral position. In the past, this patient was undertaken double valve replacement in mitral and aortic position. Nevertheless, postoperative course was not in stable condition, showing persistent sign of the infection.
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March 1988
Department of Surgery, Medical Center Del Oro Hospital, Houston.
Implantation of a prosthetic heart valve is generally contra-indicated in the presence of infection. A 68-year-old man with chronic osteomyelitis underwent successful double valve replacement, combined with coronary artery bypass, after his draining osteomyelitic fistula was controlled with antibiotics. During the 39 months since surgery, he has shown no sign of paravalvular leakage or infectious complications.
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