We report the case of a 39-year-old man who underwent life-saving aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthesis for acute endocarditis while on the liver transplant waiting list, followed by successful transplantation and late valve re-replacement with a mechanical prosthesis, 10.8 years after primary valve surgery.

Primary and redo valve replacement before and after liver transplantation / M. Pocar, D. Passolunghi, A. Moneta, F. Donatelli. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - 32:4(2007 Oct), pp. 674-675.

Primary and redo valve replacement before and after liver transplantation

M. Pocar
;
D. Passolunghi
Secondo
;
F. Donatelli
Ultimo
2007

Abstract

We report the case of a 39-year-old man who underwent life-saving aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthesis for acute endocarditis while on the liver transplant waiting list, followed by successful transplantation and late valve re-replacement with a mechanical prosthesis, 10.8 years after primary valve surgery.
cardiovascular surgical procedures; endocarditis; heart valve diseases; hepatic insufficiency; salvage therapy; liver transplantation
Settore MED/23 - Chirurgia Cardiaca
Settore MED/17 - Malattie Infettive
ott-2007
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