Infectious Aortic Root Pseudoaneurysm after Bentall Procedure: To Treat or Not to Treat by Redo Operation?
Guglielmo SaittoMarco RussoMarta PuglieseSara R VacircaFabio BertoldoPaolo NardiGiovanni RuvoloPublished in: Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) (2019)
We present a case of a 75-year-old man who developed an early aortic bioprosthesis endocarditis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae complicated by aortic root pseudoaneurysm after Bentall procedure. A prompt surgical option was hypothesized, but we decided to wait and keep on clinical observation and antibiotic therapy. One year after discharge, we observed stable clinical conditions and echocardiographic findings. A question: to treat or not to treat by redo operation an infectious aortic root pseudoaneurysm?
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- left ventricular
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- pulmonary artery
- aortic dissection
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- escherichia coli
- multidrug resistant
- minimally invasive
- endovascular treatment
- mitral valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- stem cells
- left atrial