title: Replacement of aortic root with valved tubular prosthesis in a ten-year-old child with infective endocarditis--a case report.
abstract: Aortic root abscess, aneurysm of sinus Valsalva, severe aortic valve insufficiency, and a fragile aortic wall caused by infective endocarditis were found in a 10-year-old child. Aortic valve replacement was intended as a preoperative strategy, but one of modifications of Cabrol had to be used urgently because of aortic root rupture between right atrial and aortic connection just after pericardiotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demircin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güvener
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celiker
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve; D002648:Child; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva