Ozkokeli Mehmet, Ates Mehmet, Ekinci Abdurrahman, Akcar Murat
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, Bolu, Turkey.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2005;32(1):99-101.
We report the case of a patient who was diagnosed with prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus. He had undergone aortic valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards prosthesis 37 years earlier Because of uncontrolled infection despite antibiotic treatment, the patient underwent successful surgical replacement of the prosthetic valve.