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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 60(S 02): e9-e12
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295583
Cardiac Surgery
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Concealed Infective Endocarditis Associated with Subaortic Left Ventricular Aneurysm

Akihiko Ikeda
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
,
Shonosuke Matsushita
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
,
Yuzuru Sakakibara
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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02 August 2011

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03 January 2012 (online)

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Abstract

We describe a case of subaortic left ventricular aneurysm with concealed infective endocarditis. The patient, who was diagnosed with aortic regurgitation and a subaortic left ventricular aneurysm, did not exhibit any evidence of infective endocarditis preoperatively. However, histopathological examination after an aortic valve replacement revealed neutrophil infiltration in the resected aneurysm. One year postoperatively, the infection recurred and an aortic root replacement was performed.

Keywords

endocarditis - subvalvular aneurysm - aortic valve replacement
 

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