Single patch multilayer aortic annular repair for destructive infective endocarditis

J Card Surg. 2015 May;30(5):424-6. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12485. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

Abstract

Active infective endocarditis may progress to annular abscess formation. We describe a patch annuloplasty technique to treat the fragile aortic root tissue in these patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Abscess / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve / microbiology
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / methods*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged