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- Title
Redo cardiac surgery for active prosthetic valve endocarditis associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: report of a case.
- Authors
Nakamura, Yuki; Shikata, Fumiaki; Ryugo, Masahiro; Okamura, Toru; Yasugi, Takumi; Izutani, Hironori
- Abstract
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is caused by an autosomal dominant gene and characterized by multiple arteriovenous malformations in several organs, leading to bleeding or shunting. These patients often suffer severe infections and heart failure, which should be managed in the perioperative period, when open heart surgery is indicated. We report a case of successful aortic root replacement for active prosthetic valve endocarditis and ventricular septal perforation in a patient with HHT, who had severe heart failure.
- Subjects
CARDIAC surgery; HEREDITARY hemorrhagic telangiectasia; PROSTHETIC heart valves; TREATMENT of endocarditis; PREOPERATIVE period; MITRAL valve surgery; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Surgery Today, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 12, p2378
- ISSN
0941-1291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00595-014-0876-6