title: Excision of a pulmonary valve abscess in a 61-year-old woman with single ventricle.
abstract: A 61-year-old woman with levo-transposition of the great arteries, double-inlet single left ventricle, and valvar and subvalvar pulmonary stenosis presented with a large pulmonary valve vegetation unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. The diagnostic evaluation and the surgical management are discussed. At operation the pulmonary valve was excised and an abscess cavity was obliterated with a pericardial patch. She is currently doing well 3 years after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Geggel
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Weintraub
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery