- VernacularTitle:僧帽弁輪石灰化内膿瘍を合併した活動期僧帽弁位感染性心内膜炎の1手術例
- Author:
Masahiko Fujii
;
Kenji Mogi
;
Manabu Sakurai
;
Anan Nomura
;
Tomoki Sakata
;
Yoshiharu Takahara
- Keywords: infective endocarditis; mitral annular calcification; annular abscess
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017;46(5):243-246
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A 79-year-old man, who had undergone aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic stenosis 2.5 years previously and permanent pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome 2 months after aortic valve replacement, was admitted for congestive heart failure and suspicion of prosthetic valve endocarditis. However, he had a fever in spite of medical therapy, and transthoracic echocardiography revealed a 20 mm vegetation on the posterior mitral valve leaflet. He underwent emergency surgery on a diagnosis of infective endocarditis. The intraoperative examination showed annular abscess on the calcified mitral annulus, and a part of abscess had disintegrated, from which the vegetation arose. We performed maximal possible debridement of the infected tissue and mitral annulus reconstruction with a bovine pericardium. Subsequently, mitral valve replacement and annulus reinforcement with a prosthetic valve collared with a bovine pericardium were performed to prevent perivalvular leakage. The patient showed no recurrence of infection and perivalvular leakage at 1.5 years of follow-up.