Pulmonary valve replacement with annulus enlargement for pulmonary valve infective endocarditis: A case report

Autor: Kei Aizawa, Ryohei Horikoshi, Keisuke Shimizu, Satoshi Uesugi, Akira Sugaya, Soki Kurumisawa, Ryo Itagaki, Koji Kawahito
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Clinical Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.3742
Popis: Abstract Right‐sided infected endocarditis (IE) is very rare, especially PVIE accounts for 1.6%‐2.7% % of all IE cases. We successfully treated a IE of pulmonary valve patient with bioprosthetic valve and annulus enlargement with pericardial patch.
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