Excision of a pulmonary valve abscess in a 61-year-old woman with single ventricle

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 213 - 215
• Main Authors: Warner, Kenneth G., Payne, Douglas D., Fulton, David R., Geggel, Robert L., Marx, Gerald R., Schwartz, Steve L., Weintraub, Andrew R.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 1996; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Abscess - diagnosis; Abscess - surgery; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis. Bacterial diseases of the aorta, limb vessels and lymphatic vessels; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - complications; Heart Valve Diseases - complications; Heart Valve Diseases - diagnosis; Heart Valve Diseases - surgery; Heart Ventricles - abnormalities; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Valve - surgery; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - surgery; Human; Congenital; Abscess; Cardiovascular disease; Pulmonary valve; Double outlet left ventricle; Infection; Case study; Concomitant disease; Treatment; Exeresis; Heart disease; Surgery; Endocarditis; Bacteriosis
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00723-7

A 61-year-old woman with levo-transposition of the great arteries, double-inlet single left ventricle, and valvar and subvalvar pulmonary stenosis presented with a large pulmonary valve vegetation unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. The diagnostic evaluation and the surgical management are discussed. At operation the pulmonary valve was excised and an abscess cavity was obliterated with a pericardial patch. She is currently doing well 3 years after the operation.