Allograft aortic root replacement for aortic valve endocarditis with aortopulmonary fistula

Jpn Heart J. 2001 Mar;42(2):261-4. doi: 10.1536/jhj.42.261.

Abstract

Acute infective endocarditis affecting the aortic root and valve associated with development of a fistulous communication between the aorta and pulmonary artery was presented in a young Turkish girl. Emergency surgery was required. Operation consisted initially of closure of the defect on the main pulmonary artery with a pericardial patch. This was followed by allograft aortic root replacement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aorta / surgery*
  • Aortic Diseases / complications*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / complications*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Transplantation, Homologous*