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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.3.240

Simultaneous Aortic and Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis due to Complication of Sinus of Valsalva Rupture

Jung, Tae-Eun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Kim, Jung-Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Do, Hyung-Dong (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Lee, Dong-Hyup (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)

Publication Information

Journal of Chest Surgery / v.44, no.3, 2011 , pp. 240-242 More about this Journal

Abstract

We experienced a case of ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva, and this resulted in simultaneous aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis through a shunt. The echocardiography showed a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm to the right atrium with a shunt. The aortic non-coronary cusp was fibro-thickened with vegetation. Vegetations of the septal leaflet and the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve were also found. The blood culture grew Enterococcus garllinarum. We replaced both tricuspid and aortic valve with successful surgical result.

Keywords

Endocarditis; Aortic valve; Tricuspid valve; Sinus of valsalva; Rupture;

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