Complex and extensive infective endocarditis: a novel surgical approach.
Endocarditis involving the central fibrous body of the heart requires carefully planned surgical intervention. We present a novel approach in a 65-year-old male with extensive endocarditis involving the aortic root, ventricular septum, central fibrous body together with mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves.
Kalra
P R
PR
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wessex Regional Cardiac & Thoracic Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
Tang
A T M
AT
Morgan
J M
JM
Haw
M P
MP
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome