title: Konno procedure for prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis: 34-year follow-up.
abstract: A 34-year follow-up is described after a Konno aortoventriculoplasty to correct a restricted aortic annulus and a recurrent aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis with subannular and interventricular abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Hartenzorg Foundation, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. freddy.vermeulen@stichting-hartenzorg.nl
authors.forename: Freddy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Swinkels
authors.forename: Wim Jan
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: van Boven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation