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

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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kei Aizawa, Ryohei Horikoshi, Keisuke Shimizu, Satoshi Uesugi, Akira Sugaya, Soki Kurumisawa, Ryo Itagaki, Koji Kawahito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
annulus enlargement
autologous pericardial patch
bioprosthetic valve
infective endocarditis
pulmonary valve
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3742

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