General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Feb 2007
Case ReportsA case of tuberculous endocarditis with acute aortic valve insufficiency and annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm.
Tuberculous endocarditis is an exceptionally rare disease, and its surgical operation has been reported in only one case. This is a successful surgical report of acute aortic insufficiency caused by tuberculous endocarditis associated with annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm (ASLVA) beneath the aortic valve. ⋯ Histopathological findings of the excised aortic cusps gave the diagnosis of tuberculous endocarditis, and antituberculous drug administration started on the first postoperative day. Postoperative recovery has been uneventful without relapse of tuberculosis for 7 postoperative years.