title: Myocardial abscess in a patient with AIDS-related complex: pericardial patch repair.
abstract: A hemophiliac with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex was seen with sepsis related to a ventricular septal abscess. The abscess was debrided and the septum was patched with a single layer of autologous pericardium. The patient recovered and survived 6 months before dying of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. At autopsy, the septal patch was well healed with no evidence of recurrent endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maitland
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sinave
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pollick
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000150:complications*; D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections