Left ventricle to left atrium shunt via a paravalvular abscess

Gašparović, Hrvoje and Šmalcelj, Anton and Brida, Margarita (2009) Left ventricle to left atrium shunt via a paravalvular abscess. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, 57 (7). pp. 421-2. ISSN 0171-6425

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1039055

Abstract

Intracardiac fistulas are rare complications of infective endocarditis that contribute to the complexity of surgical management, and impose an additional hemodynamic burden on the already challenged heart. We report on a case of successful surgical management of a paravalvular communication between the left ventricle and the left atrium via an abscess cavity.

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Article

MeSH:

Abscess/diagnosis ; Abscess/microbiology ; Abscess/physiopathology ; Abscess/surgery ; Debridement ; Echocardiography, Doppler ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/diagnosis ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/physiopathology ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/surgery ; Fistula/diagnosis ; Fistula/microbiology ; Fistula/physiopathology ; Fistula/surgery ; Heart Catheterization ; Heart Diseases/diagnosis ; Heart Diseases/microbiology ; Heart Diseases/physiopathology ; Heart Diseases/surgery ; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mitral Valve/microbiology ; Mitral Valve/physiopathology ; Mitral Valve/surgery ; Pericardium/transplantation ; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification ; Treatment Outcome

Departments:

Katedra za internu medicinu
Katedra za kirurgiju

Depositing User:

Marijan Šember

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Published

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