Combined mitral and tricuspid valve repair in acute infective endocarditis

J Heart Valve Dis. 1999 Jul;8(4):447-9.

Abstract

Combined repair of the mitral and tricuspid valves involved with acute infective endocarditis was carried out in a 38-year-old drug addict. Mitral valve repair included vegetectomy, closure of posterior leaflet perforation, and posterior annuloplasty with a patch and a strip of glutaraldehyde-tanned autologous pericardium, respectively, while the tricuspid valve was reconstructed with the use of artificial chordae and valve bicuspidalization. At five months follow up the patient is asymptomatic, with echocardiographic evidence of only trivial mitral and tricuspid incompetence, and no signs of recurrent infection. This case report supports the use of valve reconstruction as a valuable option in patients in whom there is simultaneous involvement of the mitral and tricuspid valves with infective endocarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications
  • Tricuspid Valve / surgery*
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*