Konno procedure for infective endocarditis involving aortic valve in a small child.
The Konno procedure was performed to replace the aortic valve and the sinus of Valsalva in a 1-year-old child with pneumococcal infective endocarditis. A Dacron (C.R. Bard, Haverhill, PA) graft and a 16 AP ATS Medical valve (ATS Medical Inc, Minneapolis, MN) were used. Adequate debridement could be easily performed. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. The procedure, originally developed for a narrow aortic annulus, could be a good option for the treatment of a small child with aortic valve endocarditis.
Goh
K
K
First Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan. kgoh@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Yamamoto
H
H
Tsuda
N
N
Sasajima
T
T
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001021:Aortic Valve; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography