Ukai Tomohiko, Nakai Yosuke, Matsumae Hidekazu, Nomura Norikazu, Asano Miki, Mishima Akira
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
J Card Surg. 2014 Mar;29(2):265-7. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12266. Epub 2013 Dec 3.
We report the management of infective endocarditis after an extracardiac Fontan operation. Obstruction of the infected conduit and the associated pulmonary arterial embolism led to failure of the Fontan circulation. This was managed by completely removing both the infected conduit and emboli and replacing the conduit.