ABSTRACT
A endocardite infecciosa (EI) acometendo próteses valvares é uma complicaçäo freqüente, sendo tratada geralmente com cirurgia, devido ao seu difícil controle clínico e má resposta à antibioticoterapia. Este relato descreve o caso de uma paciente com EI, acometendo simultaneamente as biopróteses aórtica (Ao) e mitral (Mi) após vinte e quatro meses de cirurgia de implantes valvares, submetida a tratamento cirúrgico conservador, e com resultado favorável. Discutem-se as vantagens deste procedimento em situaçöes específicas
Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Endocarditis, Bacterial/surgery , Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/adverse effects , Mitral Valve/surgery , Aortic Valve/surgery , Endocarditis, Bacterial/etiology , Mitral Valve , Mitral Valve/microbiology , Aortic Valve/microbiology , Aortic ValveABSTRACT
Coronary dissection occurs frequently and in several degrees during coronary angioplasty, which is one of the mechanisms for increasing the lumen diameter of a vessel. However the length of the dissection may affect the procedure, becoming the most frequent cause of total occlusion after coronary angioplasty. We report here a case of extensive dissection that occurred during the coronary angioplasty of a focused lesion, which we treated with two long stents.