Biventricular root replacement for transcatheter pulmonary valve endocarditis after Ross operation: Double the trouble T.K. Susheel Kumar, MD, Kaitlin Balduf, MD, Umar Boston, MD, Christopher Knott-Craig, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 157, Issue 1, Pages e5-e7 (January 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.111 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Parasternal short-axis 2-dimensional echocardiogram demonstrating the stent of the Melody valve (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) in the pulmonary artery position (star) in close proximity to the native aortic valve (valve orifice shown with red dashed line). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, e5-e7DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.111) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Echocardiogram showing spread of endocarditis from pulmonary to aortic valve (red dashed line). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, e5-e7DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.111) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Echocardiogram showing spread of endocarditis from pulmonary to aortic valve (red line). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, e5-e7DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.111) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Video 1 Video of the operation showing surgical management of Melody valve (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) infection affecting the aortic root in a patient with a previous Ross operation. Video available at: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(18)32474-7/fulltext. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, e5-e7DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.111) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions