Urgent aortic valve replacement in disseminated gonococcaemia associated with sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and fistula formation.
A patient with aortic valve disruption due to gonococcal endocarditis and associated with a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and fistula into the right ventricle is described. The rarity of this combination of conditions and the place of surgery in their management are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*