An alternative patch repair technique during valve replacement for native valve endocarditis.
A patient with native valve endocarditis and vegetation on anterior mitral leaflet underwent aortic valve replacement with preservation of aortic noncoronary leaflet as a patch over the inflamed intervalvular fibrous body. This technique may minimize prosthetic material use, which is the most important risk factor for reinfection.
Goksel
Onur S
OS
GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey. onurgokseljet@gmail.com
Ucak
Alper
A
Inan
Kaan
K
Us
Melih
M
Yilmaz
Ahmet Turan
AT
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000302:isolation & purification