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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:267-268
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case Reports

Combined mitral and aortic homograft valve replacement for acute bacterial endocarditis

^a Department of Surgery, Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, Washington, USA

Accepted for publication February 9, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Amado-Cattaneo, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgical Associates, PS, 122 W Seventh Ave, Suite 440, Spokane, WA 99204

Homograft replacement of the aortic valve in cases of acute bacterial endocarditis is considered the ideal choice because of the resistance of the homograft to reinfection. We report a case of aortic and mitral valve bacterial endocarditis, secondary to Streptococcus viridans, with severe aortic and mitral valve regurgitation and hemodynamic instability requiring surgical interventions with the use of aortic and mitral valve homografts.

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