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Published on: December 11, 2017
Intimal Flap Vegetation Following Aortic Root Re-dissection
Hiroaki Osada1, Hiroyuki Nakajima1, Katsuaki Meshii1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Abstract:
A 75-year-old man who had undergone ascending aorta replacement for acute Type A aortic dissection presented with a recurring high fever. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed that a vegetation had formed on the re-dissected intimal flap of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva. This didactic case suggests that antibiotic prophylactic measures be considered for aortic dissection flaps as for irregular valves susceptible to infective endocarditis.

