Ross operation and mitral homograft for aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 May;65(5):1450-2. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00100-3.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Diseases / congenital
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / surgery
  • Cryopreservation
  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Female
  • Fistula / congenital
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Fistula / surgery
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / transplantation*
  • Puerperal Infection / diagnostic imaging
  • Puerperal Infection / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Valve / transplantation*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis*
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Tricuspid Valve / surgery*
  • Vascular Fistula / congenital
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery