Ross operation and mitral homograft for aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis.
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Abstract
We report here a case of concomitant aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis occurring in a 26-year-old woman 2 weeks after she had given birth by cesarean delivery. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography revealed a previously undetected aorta-right atrium fistula, which at operation appeared to be congenital in origin. Surgical treatment consisted of aortic valve replacement with a pulmonary autograft, tricuspid valve replacement with a cryopreserved mitral homograft, and closure of the fistulous communication. The postoperative recovery was uneventful.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Valve
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Mitral Valve
- Puerperal Infection
- Pulmonary Valve
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Tricuspid Valve