"Double-barrel endocarditis".
Ángela IrabienJuan Miguel Gil-JaurenaAna PitaRamón Pérez-CaballeroÁngel González-PintoPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
We report a case of an 18-year-old woman who presented with infective endocarditis (IE), in two conduits percutaneously delivered in the right ventricle outflow tract ("double-barrel endocarditis"). The patient's clinical presentation, echocardiogram findings, infectious agent, clinical management, surgical approach, and follow-up assessment are described. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation has emerged as a viable therapy for conduit dysfunction in the right ventricular outflow tract. Although the percutaneous approach has several advantages, this strategy and the valves used are not complication-free. IE after transcatheter valve deployment has evoked the growing concern, as there is a higher incidence in these patients compared with patients with surgically repaired pulmonary valves. As a result, this type of surgical treatment is especially important.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve replacement
- minimally invasive
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- end stage renal disease
- case report
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- ultrasound guided
- pulmonary artery
- oxidative stress
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- atrial fibrillation
- clinical evaluation