title: Tricuspid valve Candida endocarditis cured by valve-sparing debridement.
abstract: This report describes the case of a patient in whom Candida albicans tricuspid valve endocarditis was treated by excision of a large vegetation and partial tricuspid valvectomy without prosthetic valve replacement. In select patients, valve-sparing debridement may allow a long-term cure and may be the procedure of choice in the treatment of Candida tricuspid valve endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suenaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hikosaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*