Tratamento clínico de endocardite em prótese valvar complicada por abscesso para-protético / Successful medical management of prosthetic-valve endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess
Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc
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24(3): 416-418, jul.-set. 2009. ilus
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in Portuguese
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RESUMO
O presente artigo relata o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino, 44 anos, com endocardite em prótese aórtica complicada por abscesso para-protético. Evoluiu com melhora do processo infeccioso apenas com o tratamento clínico. História prévia de doença reumática, submetido a três cirurgias cardíacas para troca valvar por disfunção de prótese e endocardite prévia. Neste relato de caso, discutiremos as características principais do abscesso para-protético como complicação de endocardite
ABSTRACT
We present a case of a 44-year-old man with prosthetic aortic endocarditis complicated by a perivalvular abscess. He evolved with improvement of the infectious process only under clinical treatment. The patient presented a prior history of rheumatic fever and had previously been undergone three valve replacements due to prosthesis dysfunction and previous endocarditis. In this case report we discuss the main features of perivalvular abscess complicating infective endocarditis
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Main subject:
Aortic Valve
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Heart Valve Prosthesis
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Prosthesis-Related Infections
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Abscess
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Endocarditis, Bacterial
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Mitral Valve
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc
Journal subject:
Cardiology
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General Surgery
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Minas Gerais/BR
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