The Ross procedure for endocarditis in a 4-month-old infant.
Streptococcal endocarditis in an infant is rare. We report a case of acute aortic valve endocarditis with abscess and aorta-to-right atrial fistula formation. This 4-month-old infant with a structurally normal heart had been previously well. The child was successfully treated with the Ross procedure and remains well 13 months postoperatively.
Al-Baradai
Abdul Aziz S
AA
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Baskett
Roger J F
RJ
Warren
Andrew E
AE
Ross
David B
DB
D000208:Acute Disease; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*