Kalra PR, Tang ATM, Morgan JM, Haw MP. Complex and extensive infective endocarditis: a novel surgical approach.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;
21:365-8. [PMID:
11825759 DOI:
10.1016/s1010-7940(01)01094-6]
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Abstract
Endocarditis involving the central fibrous body of the heart requires carefully planned surgical intervention. We present a novel approach in a 65-year-old male with extensive endocarditis involving the aortic root, ventricular septum, central fibrous body together with mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves.
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