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9487475

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a serious complication after valve replacement with an incidence of 0.8% for both mechanical and bioprosthetic valves. The new Toronto stentless porcine valve (SPV) for aortic replacement offers promising early results in hemodynamics and a low incidence of valve-related complications. The yearly incidence of bacterial endocarditis was reported to be 1% to 1.5%. Though complications such as a perivalvular abscess or anular dehiscence require immediate surgery, a conservative management of infective endocarditis may be possible in carefully selected cases. This is the case of a patient with late prosthetic valve endocarditis of a Toronto SPV bioprosthesis, who, in spite of large vegetations on all three valve cusps, responded well to conservative treatment. This response was monitored through repeated transesophageal echocardiographic studies (TEE), which documented complete functional recovery of the valve.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0894-7317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Complete morphologic and functional resolution of endocarditis of a Toronto stentless porcine bioprosthesis: a study by serial transesophageal echocardiography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Fed. Rep. Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports