Prosthetic Valve
Chronic encapsulated mediastinal abscess presenting with remote cutaneous fistulization 12 years after redo aortic valve replacement for prosthetic valve endocarditis
... aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis 14 years ago which was followed 2 years later by repeat mechanical aortic valve replacement for streptococcal prosthetic valve endo- ...second ...
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Risk Factors for Starr Edwards Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction: New Insights into an Old Prosthesis
... of prosthetic mitral valve [8] [9] [10], while in our se- ries, one patient has lived 51 years without losing structural integrity of the prosthetic valve ...to prosthetic valve ...
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus capitis: report of 4 cases
... Treatment of PVE remains a challenge. The in-hospi- tal mortality rate of PVE is 21-28.4% [9,11,12], even with correct evaluation of the prosthetic valve by TEE in suspected patients. It is believed that ...
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Combined computed tomography and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case series
... At admission, blood cultures yielded a Staphylococcus lugdunensis. The patient was started on oxacillin with resolution of fever. The diagnostic work-up, including TEE and CT-angiogram of the aorta, was negative for PVE; ...
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant Candida albicans in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome: A case report and literature review
... of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Candida species in patients with different types of cancers, a search was performed on the English articles published from 1970 onward in two databases, namely ...
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Unusual mechanism of myocardial infarction in prosthetic valve endocarditis
... aortic valve and severe calcific aortic stenosis was submitted to aortic valve replacement with a stented ...epidermidis prosthetic valve endocarditis a month later, presenting in the ...
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Determinants and Results of Early Surgery for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Periannular Extension
... of valve replacement, especially if it is accompanied by periannular ...with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) with periannular extension (PVEPE) and the influence of timing for surgery in ...
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Late prosthetic valve endocarditis with Mycobacterium tuberculosis after the Bentall procedure
... mitral valve prosthesis 5 months post- operation was reported; the patient was diagnosed after the isolation of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) from the mitral valve prosthesis during the ...after prosthetic ...
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Quantification of the antibody response to Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis: – a case report
... Propionibacterium spp. are Gram-positive, slow-growing anaerobic, non-spore-forming rods. They are part of the normal flora of the skin, nasopharynx, oral cavity, and genitourinary tract. Generally thought to be ...
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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Bloodstream Infection Due to Mycobacterium chimaera
... thetic valve and an infection due to waterborne pathogens, like NTM, contaminated cardioplegic and/or valve-preserving solu- tions and the water supply system of the operating room should be evaluated as a ...
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Efficacy and safety of thrombolytic therapy in prosthetic valve thrombosis
... Background: There is limited data available about the effectiveness of thrombolysis in prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT). Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of thrombolytic ...
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Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma in a Patient With a Prosthetic Valve
... The etiology of SSEH is unclear, but anticoagulants like warfarin are reported important risk factors [6]. Recently, new oral anticoagulants, oral Factor Xa inhibitors, and oral direct thrombin inhibitors, were used for ...
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The novel use of oral antibiotic monotherapy in prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Finegoldia magna: a case study
... We have discussed an unusual case of F. magna endo- carditis affecting a bioprosthetic heart valve. Because of the tendency toward negative blood cultures in the early stages of diagnosis, a high index of ...
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Our Experience with St.Jude Prosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement in 179 Consecutive Patients
... undergoing valve replacement with St. Jude prosthetic Mitral ...valve. Valve lesion other than tricuspid valve was not included in this ...profile prosthetic valve Masters ...
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Prognostic factors in left sided endocarditis: results from the andalusian multicenter cohort
... Mortality rate of left-sided IE remains high. Although rates lower than 20% have been reported [7,22,23], they usually range between 20 and 30%[4,5] and are even higher in some subgroups; mortality rates of 50% has been ...
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Surgery in the Acute Phase of Infective Endocarditis: 5 Years after Our Initial Experience
... of prosthetic valve endocarditis with a proportion of 8% lower than reviews (21%) [4], probably also because of our recruitment in a specific population (military), on the other hand our practice has ...
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Infective endocarditis causing mitral valve stenosis – a rare but deadly complication: a case report
... suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis due to its superior sensitivity over traditional TTE [1, ...or prosthetic valve dehiscence (which also causes regurgitation) is recog- nized as a major ...
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Endocarditis caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus and taxonomic review of the genus
... capitatus from blood cultures and several portions of the biopsy tissue from the second prosthetic valve indicate that this fungus was the etiologic agent of the endocarditis found in th[r] ...
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Surgical Outcome of Prosthetic Heart Valve Obstruction: Single Center Experience
... of prosthetic valve obstruction where: inadequate anticoagulation, dimi- nished or absent click, progressive heart failure , low car- diac output, and pulmonary edema Immediate echocar- diography was done ...
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The effect of patient-prosthesis mismatch on survival after aortic and mitral valve replacement: a 10 year, single institution experience
... The concept of patient-prosthetic mismatch (PPM) was first described by Rahimtoola et al. in 1978 [1]. In the aortic position, it occurs when there is an excessive trans-valvular gradient across a normally ...
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