Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Annulus Destruction: A Technique for Reconstruction
AUTOR(ES)
Cavarocchi, Nicholas C.
RESUMO
When endocarditis involves a mechanical prosthetic aortic valve, it is a certainty that the annulus is destroyed; the pathology may extend to produce aneurysms of the sinuses of Valsalva or progress to fistulization into juxtaposed cardiac chambers or the pericardium.
