Aortic root abscess after percutaneous coronary intervention
Shirasawa, B.; Suzuki, R.; Murakami, M.; Kobayashi, T.; Itoh, H.; Mikamo, A.; Hamano, K.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 60(12): 1062-1065
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 18018646 Document Number: 611274
A 68-year-old man, who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention for right coronary disease 2 weeks earlier, was admitted to our hospital for investigation of a fever. Blood culture and echocardiography revealed isolated aortic valve infective endocarditis. He was treated with antibiotics for more than 1 week, but echocardiography showed an aortic root abscess with severe aortic regurgitation. Thus, we performed aortic root replacement using an artificial Freestyle stentless bioprosthesis valve. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and antibiotic treatment was continued for a further 8 weeks.