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Cryopreserved aortic homograft root replacement with saphenous vein hemi-Cabrol reimplantation was described as a treatment for prosthetic valve endocarditis with periannular abscess.
Describes a surgical technique for managing complex prosthetic valve endocarditis with periannular abscess involving the left coronary ostium.
May offer a surgical option in select aortic root endocarditis cases; leaves open durability and generalizability questions.
A 44-year-old female presented with prosthetic valve endocarditis with periannular abscess involving the left coronary ostium. We describe cryopreserved aortic homograft root replacement with hemi-Cabrol reimplantation of the left coronary ostium using the long saphenous vein.
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Dimarakis et al. (2015) studied this question. Cryopreserved aortic homograft root replacement with saphenous vein hemi-Cabrol reimplantation was described as a treatment for prosthetic valve endocarditis with periannular abscess.
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