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SUBMITTER: Matsuzaki K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7249640 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsuzaki Kanji K Iguchi Yusuke Y Tsukada Toru T Imai Akito A Konishi Taisuke T Watanabe Yasunori Y
BMC cardiovascular disorders 20200525 1
<h4>Background</h4>Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication, and it is difficult to treat marked adhesion and infectious tissue.<h4>Case presentation</h4>There were four patients with aortic PVE, whose ages ranged from 59 to 80 years. In all patients, transoesophageal echocardiography revealed periannular abscess formation. We applied aortic annular enlargement techniques using a composite three-layer patch to repair the defects after radical debridement of the abscesses, an ...[more]