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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement from Autologous Pericardium with a Self-Expandable Nitinol Stent in an Adult Sheep Model
Published on: June 8, 2022
[Valve Replacement for Isolated Pulmonary Valve Infective Endocarditis without Congenital Heart Defects:Report of a
Masaaki Kobayashi1, Shinichi Higashiue, Satoshi Kuroyanagi
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan.
Abstract:
We report a rare case of isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in a 60-year-old man without congenital heart defects. He had a persistent fever and back neck pain after pulling out his teeth. Echo cardiography revealed a mobile vegetation (measuring 53 mm in size) adhering to the pulmonary valve and blood cultures showed the presence of Staphylococcus aureus( S. aureus). Because of mobile vegetation, pulmonic embolism and presence of S. aureus, surgical treatment was selected. During surgical procedure, we found that the vegetation had destroyed markedly pulmonary valve leaflets. After excising pulmonary valve leaflets, we implanted a bioprosthetic valve and enlarged the pulmonary artery with autologous pericardium. A year after surgery, the patient is stable with no sign of infection.
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