Tricuspid Valve Repair with Autologous Pericardium in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis

Tricuspid Valve Repair with Autologous Pericardium in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis

Abstract Infective endocarditis is a rather uncommon disease, but it has significant mortality rates in the pediatric population (5% to 10%). We report a case of an infant patient with multiple vegetation in the tricuspid valve secondary to infective endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheria...

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Main Authors: Henry Leonardo Robayo Amórtegui, Javier Páez Cristancho, Igor Donís-Gómez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2020-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Tricuspid Valve
Child
Corynebacterium Diphtheriae
Endocarditis, Bacteria
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Pericardium
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