Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management – New Paradigm Shift Narratives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold S Bayer ◽  
Henry F Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Prosthetic Valve ◽  
Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Replacement Surgery ◽  
Diagnostic Difficulties ◽  
Major Infectious Disease ◽  
Valve Replacement Surgery

Abstract Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a major infectious disease problem due to the increasing numbers of patients undergoing valve replacement surgery. PVE can present diagnostic difficulties echocardiographically, especially when complicating transvascular placement techniques. Moreover, outbreaks of unusual PVE pathogens, such as Mycobacterium chimaera, have presented major diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas.

scholarly journals Successful repair of Aortic Rupture in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve after Aortic Valve Replacement: a rare case

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
Dikshya Joshi ◽  
Smriti M. Bajracharya ◽  
Rabindra B. Timala ◽  
Navin C. Gautam ◽  
Yogeshwor M. Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Aortic Valve Replacement ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Bicuspid Aortic Valve ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Prosthetic Valve ◽  
Aortic Rupture ◽  
Replacement Surgery ◽  
Valve Replacement Surgery ◽  
Successful Repair

The occurrence of acute aortic rupture after aortic valve replacement is unusual; but catastrophic. We report a case of a 71-year-old gentleman with a bicuspid aortic valve who developed acute aortic rupture after an elective bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement surgery in which successful repair was carried out with the preservation of the prosthetic valve.

Myocardial Potassium and Lactate Balance during Valve-Replacement Surgery

Circulation ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 39 (5s1) ◽  
Author(s):  
COLIN W. MCCORD ◽  
RICHARD S. CRAMPTON ◽  
MICHEL G. NASSER ◽  
ROBERT B. CASE ◽  
Anna Maria Wachter
Keyword(s):  
Valve Replacement ◽  
Replacement Surgery ◽  
Valve Replacement Surgery
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