{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Case report: Aortic valve endocarditis and recurrent pulmonary valve stenosis.
{Author}: Korça E;Veres G;Szabó G;
{Journal}: J Cardiothorac Surg
{Volume}: 18
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: Mar 2023 21
{Factor}: 1.522
{DOI}: 10.1186/s13019-023-02184-7
{Abstract}: <B>BACKGROUND: </B>We discuss a rare case of an adult patient with different pathologies involving the aortic and pulmonary valves in need of surgery.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>The patient had a history of congenital PV stenosis and surgical valvuloplasty. Almost 50 years later the patient underwent a complex second heart surgery due to infective endocarditis of the aortic valve and high-grade restenosis of the pulmonary valve. Replacement of the aortic and pulmonary valve, as well as reconstruction of the RVOT and closure of a persistent foramen ovale, followed. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged home a week after surgery.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Simultaneous surgery of pulmonary and aortic valves due to different pathologies is rare but can be performed successfully even in advanced age and can improve quality of life.