Infective endocarditis with the fistula from sinus Valsalva to right atrium and ventricle; report of a case
Okada, S.; Kaneko, T.; Ezure, M.; Satoh, Y.; Hasegawa, Y.; Koike, N.; Takihara, H.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 62(5): 409-412
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 19425384 Document Number: 629190
A 77-year-old man complained general fatigue and fever. Preoperative echocardiography revealed vegetation of aortic valve, abnormal shunt flow from the sinus of Valsalva was detected in the right atrium and ventricle without perivalvular abscess cavity or aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva. He diagnosed aortic valve endocarditis with aorto-right atrium and ventricle fistula. He received aortic valve replacement and patch closure at the sinus of Valsalva using the pericardium. Residural aortic-right atrium and ventricle shunt was not detected after the operation, the post operative course was uneventful without congestive heart failure nor signs of infection.