Bassetto Solange, Menardi Antonio Carlos, Alves Junior Lafaiete, Rodrigues Alfredo José, Évora Paulo Roberto Barbosa
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 2011 Oct-Dec;26(4):653-7. doi: 10.5935/1678-9741.20110058.
We were challenged by the experience of one patient reoperation for a bioprosthetic bovine pericardium degenerative stenosis, 24 years after implantation. This bioprosthesis was implanted due to tricuspid valve bacterial staphylococcal endocarditis after septic abortion.