Key result
Valve reconstruction using fresh autologous pericardium combined with prolonged antibiotic therapy resulted in complete recovery of a four-month-old patient with infective endocarditis.
Case Report (n=1)
Valve reconstruction using fresh autologous pericardium combined with prolonged antibiotics can successfully treat infective endocarditis with valve perforation in infants after AV septal defect repair.
May offer a surgical alternative in select infantile endocarditis cases; hypothesis-generating without controlled evidence.
We report a rare case of infective endocarditis after repair of a complete atrioventricular (AV) septal defect in a four-month-old patient. Perforation of a valve leaflet with progressive severe left AV valve regurgitation required surgical intervention. Valve reconstruction using fresh autologous pericardium was successfully accomplished. This reconstruction in association with prolonged antibiotic therapy resulted in complete recovery of the patient.
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Sandica et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Infective endocarditis after repair of a complete atrioventricular septal defect (n=1). Valve reconstruction using fresh autologous pericardium and prolonged antibiotic therapy was evaluated on Complete recovery. Valve reconstruction using fresh autologous pericardium combined with prolonged antibiotic therapy resulted in complete recovery of a four-month-old patient with infective endocarditis.
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