Konno procedure for prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis: 34-year follow-up.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.070.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Aortic Valve Insufficiency
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Heart Ventricles
- Prosthesis-Related Infections