Aortic valve endocarditis in a transplanted heart after urethral instrumentation.
Ann Thorac Surg
; 96(3): e61-2, 2013 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-23992731
ABSTRACT
Endocarditis represents a rare but life-threatening condition after heart transplantation. Recent American Heart Association guidelines recognize cardiac transplant patients with valvulopathy as high risk for endocarditis, but acknowledge that there were not sufficient data to make a recommendation for prophylaxis. Also, genitourinary procedures were no longer considered a risk factor for endocarditis in the most recent guidelines. We present a patient who acquired aortic valve endocarditis of the intact valve, after multiple urethral instrumentation 2 years after heart transplantation, who was successfully treated by aortic valve replacement and prolonged antibiotic therapy.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Insuficiencia de la Válvula Aórtica
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Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Urológicos Masculinos
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Estrechez Uretral
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Enterococcus faecalis
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Implantación de Prótesis de Válvulas Cardíacas
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Endocarditis Bacteriana
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Thorac Surg
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Croacia