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DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.012
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Intimal Flap Vegetation Following Aortic Root Re-dissection

Hiroaki Osada
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Hiroyuki Nakajima
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
,
Katsuaki Meshii
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
,
Motoaki Ohnaka
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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07 April 2015

09 September 2015

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24 September 2018 (online)

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Abstract

A 75-year-old man who had undergone ascending aorta replacement for acute Type A aortic dissection presented with a recurring high fever. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed that a vegetation had formed on the re-dissected intimal flap of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva. This didactic case suggests that antibiotic prophylactic measures be considered for aortic dissection flaps as for irregular valves susceptible to infective endocarditis.

Key Words

Aortic root reoperation - Aortic dissection - Vegetation
 

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