Combined double valve replacement and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with infective endocarditis; report of a case

• Published in: Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery Vol. 64; no. 6; p. 500
• Main Authors: Kanamitsu, Hitoshi, Yamada, Yukio, Kusuyama, Takanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Aged; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - complications; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery; Aortic Valve - surgery; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Endocarditis - complications; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Mitral Valve - surgery; Mitral Valve Prolapse - surgery
• ISSN: 0021-5252

The choice of simultaneous or staged surgery in patients with valvular diseases and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) remains controversial. We present a case of simultaneous surgery of double valve replacement and abdominal aorta replacement in a patient with infective endocarditis. A 74-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of general fatigue and appetite loss. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a infrarenal AAA measuring 99 x 67 mm. Echocardiography showed severe regurgitation of mitral valve and aortic valve with vegetations. Electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation. She was diagnosed as heart failure due to infective endocarditis and treated with antibiotics, diuretics and catecholamine. However, heart failure did not improve; the patient underwent double valve replacement, pulmonary vein isolation and abdominal aorta replacement simultaneously. Postoperative course was uneventful.