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Case report of severe valve insufficiency caused by atypical endocarditis in an elderly male, highlighting urgent surgical intervention.
Summary A 68-year-old man, presenting in the Emergency Department for acute-onset dyspnea (NYHA III) and lower leg edema, showed aortic valve prosthesis insufficiency in the transthoracic echocardiography, 16 years after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement. Further imaging and urgent surgery revealed severe paravalvular insufficiency from valve dehiscence caused by Cutibacterium acnes endocarditis, an opportunistic pathogen that can cause very late-onset infections of prothetic material.
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