• Congenital heart disease · Sep 2013

    Case Reports

    Successful replacement of common atrioventricular valve with a single mechanical prosthetic valve in an infant with repaired complete atrioventricular septal defect and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.

    • Daisuke Kobayashi, Ralph E Delius, and Sanjeev Aggarwal.
    • Division of Cardiology, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich, USA.
    • Congenit Heart Dis. 2013 Sep 1; 8 (5): E134-8.

    AbstractA 4-month-old infant with trisomy 21 and repaired complete atrioventricular septal defect developed endocarditis with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the early postoperative period. We report the successful replacement of the common atrioventricular valve with a single St. Jude mechanical prosthetic valve, along with an intraluminal pulmonary artery banding to restrict pulmonary flow. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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