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Replacement of Aortic Root with Valved Tubular Prosthesis in a Ten-Year-Old Child with Infective Endocarditis

A Case Report

Riza Doan, MD, FACA

Murat Güvener, MD

Mustafa Yilmaz, MD

Alpay Çeliker, MD

Ilhan Paaolu, MD, FACA, FACS

Aortic root abscess, aneurysm of sinus Valsalva, severe aortic valve insufficiency, and a fragile aortic wall caused by infective endocarditis were found in a 10-year-old child. Aortic valve replacement was intended as a preoperative strategy, but one of modifications of Cabrol had to be used urgently because of aortic root rupture between right atrial and aortic connection just after pericardiotomy.

Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 11, 941-944 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804901111


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