Aorto-right atrial fistula: a complication of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. A case report.
The case presented is of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis in a 23-year-old male patient, complicated by an inflammatory periprosthetic valvular leak, and fistula formation between the aorta and the right atrium. The fistulous tract was diagnosed intraoperatively. Closure of the fistula was performed successfully in concordance with re-replacement of the aortic valve.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. darwaz30@hotmail.com
Ahmad
A
Darwazah
Muneer
M
Kiswani
Hassan
H
Ismail
Mohammad
M
Hawari
Sufian
S
Awad
D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery