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Ann Thorac Surg
; 111(5): e335-e337, 2021 05.
Artículo
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32987021
RESUMEN
A 20-year-old man with severe aortic insufficiency received a mechanical aortic valve replacement. Afterward he subsequently presented with an aortic root dissection, pseudoaneurysm, and prosthetic valve endocarditis requiring surgical reinterventions twice with a positive Mycobacterium chimaera tissue culture despite prolonged antimycobacterial therapy. This is the first reported clinical case of M chimaera in Western Canada and the first with M chimaera-associated aortic dissection and pseudoaneurysm.