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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Published on: December 11, 2017
Case report: Aortic valve endocarditis and recurrent pulmonary valve stenosis
Edina Korça1, Gábor Veres2, Gábor Szabó2
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Middle German Heart Centre, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany. edina.korca@uk-halle.de.
Background:
We discuss a rare case of an adult patient with different pathologies involving the aortic and pulmonary valves in need of surgery.
Case Presentation:
The patient had a history of congenital PV stenosis and surgical valvuloplasty. Almost 50 years later the patient underwent a complex second heart surgery due to infective endocarditis of the aortic valve and high-grade restenosis of the pulmonary valve. Replacement of the aortic and pulmonary valve, as well as reconstruction of the RVOT and closure of a persistent foramen ovale, followed. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged home a week after surgery.
Conclusion:
Simultaneous surgery of pulmonary and aortic valves due to different pathologies is rare but can be performed successfully even in advanced age and can improve quality of life.
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