title: Simultaneous Aortic and Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis due to Complication of Sinus of Valsalva Rupture.
abstract: We experienced a case of ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva, and this resulted in simultaneous aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis through a shunt. The echocardiography showed a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm to the right atrium with a shunt. The aortic non-coronary cusp was fibro-thickened with vegetation. Vegetations of the septal leaflet and the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve were also found. The blood culture grew Enterococcus garllinarum. We replaced both tricuspid and aortic valve with successful surgical result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Eun
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Jung-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Dong-Hyup
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee