title: [Bacterial endocarditis in the aortic valve of a three month old infant. Correction with an aortic homograft].
abstract: We report the case of a three-month-old infant with an infective endocarditis of the aortic valve, showing perforation of two valve leaflets and a perivalvular abscess. The patient was operated on using a cryopreservated homograft with anastomosis of both coronary arteries. The outcome is good two years after surgery. This is the youngest patient operated on using this technique in our country.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil de Cruces, Vizcaya.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aramendi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gastiasoro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martínez
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
vernacular_title: Endocarditis bacteriana en la válvula aórtica nativa de un lactante de tres meses. Corrección con homoinjerto aórtico.