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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1264-1266
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

CASE REPORTS

Konno procedure for infective endocarditis involving aortic valve in a small child

Kazutomo Goh, MDa, Hiroshi Yamamoto, MDa, Naoya Tsuda, MDb, Tadahiro Sasajima, MDa

a First Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
b Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan

Address reprint requests to Dr Goh, First Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Nishikagura 4-5-3-11, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
e-mail: kgoh{at}asahikawa-med.ac.jp

The Konno procedure was performed to replace the aortic valve and the sinus of Valsalva in a 1-year-old child with pneumococcal infective endocarditis. A Dacron (C.R. Bard, Haverhill, PA) graft and a 16 AP ATS Medical valve (ATS Medical Inc, Minneapolis, MN) were used. Adequate debridement could be easily performed. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. The procedure, originally developed for a narrow aortic annulus, could be a good option for the treatment of a small child with aortic valve endocarditis.






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