Sparing the mitral valve in aortic root endocarditis involving the intervalvular fibrosa: appealing and intuitively right

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jul 3;64(1):ezad249. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad249.

Authors

Eduard Quintana¹, Alberto Forteza², Carlos-A Mestres³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Cardiac Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

PMID: 37399101
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad249

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Keywords: Aortic root; Commando; Endocarditis; Intervalvular fibrosa; Mitral valve.

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MeSH terms

Aorta
Aorta, Thoracic
Endocarditis* / complications
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / surgery
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery