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URGENT AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN DISSEMINATED GONOCOCCEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM and FISTULA FORMATION
Author(s) -
Hllless A. D.,
Molloy P. J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03325.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sinus (botany) , fistula , ventricle , aneurysm , endocarditis , aortic valve replacement , aortic valve , surgery , aortic sinus , cardiology , aortic aneurysm , aorta , stenosis , botany , biology , genus
A patient with aortic valve disruption due to gonococcal endocarditis and associated with a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and fistula into the right ventricle is described. The rarity of this combination of conditions and the place of surgery in their management are discussed.