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Allograft aortic root replacement for aortic valve endocarditis with aortopulmonary fistula
T Calkavur1, T Yagdi, F Islamoglu
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey.
Japanese Heart Journal
|June 1, 2001
Abstract:
Acute infective endocarditis affecting the aortic root and valve associated with development of a fistulous communication between the aorta and pulmonary artery was presented in a young Turkish girl. Emergency surgery was required. Operation consisted initially of closure of the defect on the main pulmonary artery with a pericardial patch. This was followed by allograft aortic root replacement.