[Bacterial endocarditis in the aortic valve of a three month old infant. Correction with an aortic homograft]

A Cabrera; J Aramendi; L Gastiasoro; C Romero; P Martínez

doi:10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74739-6

[Bacterial endocarditis in the aortic valve of a three month old infant. Correction with an aortic homograft]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1998 Mar;51(3):243-4. doi: 10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74739-6.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

A Cabrera¹, J Aramendi, L Gastiasoro, C Romero, P Martínez

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cardiología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil de Cruces, Vizcaya.

PMID: 9577170
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74739-6

Abstract

We report the case of a three-month-old infant with an infective endocarditis of the aortic valve, showing perforation of two valve leaflets and a perivalvular abscess. The patient was operated on using a cryopreservated homograft with anastomosis of both coronary arteries. The outcome is good two years after surgery. This is the youngest patient operated on using this technique in our country.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Male
Transplantation, Homologous*