Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5601325 | Cirugía Cardiovascular | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis is extremely rare in a patient with histoplasmosis. The case is presented of a ten year-old child, who, as complications of histoplasmosis, developed a cavern at the base of the right lung that fistulised into a pulmonary blood vessel, as well as presenting with vegetations in the pulmonary valve. As there was a danger of pulmonary infarctions and sever pulmonary valve insufficiency, a complete resection of the lower right lung lobe was necessary. The interventicular communication was closed and the pulmonary valve was reconstructed with three autologous pericardial flaps. Six months later, the patient is symptomatic, with re-expansion of the remaining right lung lobes, and the trans-thoracic echocardiography showed good functioning of the newly pulmonary valve constructed with autologous pericardial flaps.
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Authors
Francisco J. Vázquez-Roque, Yuri Medrano-Plana, Rodolfo E. Morales Valdés, Yolepsis Quintero-Fleites, Alejandro González-DÃaz, Alina Castillo Vitlloch, Mario Nápoles Lizano, Deysi Rivero Valerón,