Pulmonary Homograft Endocarditis 19 Years after a Ross Procedure

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with acute pulmonary homograft endocarditis secondary to Streptococcus agalactiae from a catbite. He had undergone a Ross procedure nineteen years earlier. In view of unremitting infection with large pulmonary trunk and right pulmonary artery vegetations, the patient underwent successful pulmonary vegetectomy and homograft replacement.

Cardiovascular surgery - heart valve surgery - aortic disease

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