PMID- 10096486
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990727
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0966-8519 (Print)
IS  - 0966-8519 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 1999 Jan
TI  - Mitral valve homograft for mitral valve replacement in acute bacterial 
      endocarditis.
PG  - 71-3
AB  - Homograft use for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in aortic valve acute bacterial 
      endocarditis (ABE) has gained in popularity, due mainly to the relative 
      resistance of homografts to infection. Recent success with mitral valve homograft 
      use led us to apply homograft mitral valve replacement (MVR) in a patient with 
      severe ABE that was not amenable to valve repair. Following surgery, the patient 
      improved rapidly with normalization of infection parameters and chest 
      radiography, and was discharged home on postoperative day 11. Follow up 
      echocardiography showed good function of the homograft mitral valve with no 
      regurgitation. After four months, the patient had normal valve function, with no 
      evidence of infection. In conclusion, MVR with a mitral valve homograft in the 
      setting of ABE was satisfactory, though patient follow up was relatively short 
      (four months).
FAU - Reardon, M J
AU  - Reardon MJ
AD  - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 
      77030, USA.
FAU - Vinnerkvist, A
AU  - Vinnerkvist A
FAU - LeMaire, S A
AU  - LeMaire SA
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Heart Valve Dis
JT  - The Journal of heart valve disease
JID - 9312096
SB  - IM
MH  - Echocardiography, Transesophageal
MH  - Endocarditis, Bacterial/complications/*surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mitral Valve/diagnostic imaging/surgery/*transplantation
MH  - Mitral Valve Insufficiency/diagnostic imaging/etiology/*surgery
MH  - Transplantation, Homologous/methods
EDAT- 1999/03/30 00:00
MHDA- 1999/03/30 00:01
CRDT- 1999/03/30 00:00
PHST- 1999/03/30 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/03/30 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/03/30 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Heart Valve Dis. 1999 Jan;8(1):71-3.