Tricuspid valve Candida endocarditis cured by valve-sparing debridement.
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.
Tanaka
M
M
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Abe
T
T
Hosokawa
S
S
Suenaga
Y
Y
Hikosaka
H
H
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*