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Surgical correction of aortic valve infective endocarditis with concomitant patent ductus arteriosus in adults
Published 2017-07-10
Keywords
- infective endocarditis,
- aortic valve,
- ductus arteriosus
How to Cite
Andrievskikh, S., Gladyshev, I., Pogorelov, D., Derksen, S., & Gerasimova, E. (2017). Surgical correction of aortic valve infective endocarditis with concomitant patent ductus arteriosus in adults. Patologiya Krovoobrashcheniya I Kardiokhirurgiya, 21(2), 108–111. https://doi.org/10.21688/1681-3472-2017-2-108-111
Copyright (c) 2017 Andrievskikh S.I., Gladyshev I.V., Pogorelov D.E., Derksen S.A., Gerasimova E.V.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
We report a case of single-stage surgical correction of sub active infective endocarditis with aortic valve deterioration and concomitant patent ductus arteriosus in an adult patient.
Received 7 September 2016. Accepted 31 October 2016.
Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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