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SUBMITTER: Hankinson SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6560322 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in cardiology 20190529
We present a case of root abscess with aorta to right atrium fistula due to vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) after limb amputation and cardiac surgery. Patient underwent redo aortic valve replacement, patch repair of aorta to right atrial fistula, and tricuspid valve repair with a ring. Fistula formation is a rare complication of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). This is the first case to discuss aortocavitary fistula (ACF) formation due to VISA. Transesophageal echocardio ...[more]