Smeloff-Cutter aortic valve endocarditis 31 years after implantation

Kazushige Kanki; Nobuyuki Takagi; Kazutoshi Tachibana; Taijiro Mishina; Tetsuya Higami

doi:10.1177/0218492311398711

Smeloff-Cutter aortic valve endocarditis 31 years after implantation

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2011 Apr;19(2):163-5. doi: 10.1177/0218492311398711.

Authors

Kazushige Kanki¹, Nobuyuki Takagi, Kazutoshi Tachibana, Taijiro Mishina, Tetsuya Higami

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Shinsapporo Hospital of Cardiology, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. kanki@sshoc.jp

PMID: 21471264
DOI: 10.1177/0218492311398711

Abstract

A Smeloff-Cutter ball prosthetic valve was replaced in a 56-year-old woman 31 years after implantation. Prosthetic endocarditis developed after endoscopic mucosal resection of colon cancer. The excised aortic ball valve was almost intact, without any thrombus formation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Colectomy / adverse effects*
Colonic Neoplasms / surgery*
Colonoscopy / adverse effects*
Device Removal
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Humans
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / prevention & control
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery*
Reoperation
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome