[Successful redo-AVR with cryopreserved allograft for prosthetic valve endocarditis : report of a case]

Kyobu Geka. 1996 Jul;49(8 Suppl):693-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 20-year-old male undergoing mechanical aortic valve replacement suffered from prosthetic valve endocarditis by Coagulase negative Staphylococci 3 months postoperatively. Echocardiography revealed left ventricular distention, severe paravalvular leakage, valve detachment and large periannular abscess adjacent to the left main coronary artery. Redo-AVR was successfully performed with a cryopreserved aortic allograft by cylinder technique. The orifice of abscess was covered with the aortic wall of the graft. Postoperative echocardiography showed trivial central regurgitation and the abscess cavity went on vanishing. He discharged from hospital 2 months later without any symptom.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / surgery
  • Adult
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Aortic Valve / transplantation*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery*
  • Reoperation
  • Transplantation, Homologous