Goksel Onur S, Ucak Alper, Inan Kaan, Us Melih, Yilmaz Ahmet Turan
GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Card Surg. 2008 Mar-Apr;23(2):150-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00568.x.
A patient with native valve endocarditis and vegetation on anterior mitral leaflet underwent aortic valve replacement with preservation of aortic noncoronary leaflet as a patch over the inflamed intervalvular fibrous body. This technique may minimize prosthetic material use, which is the most important risk factor for reinfection.