Monterrubio-Angeles KP, Salazar-Hernández I, Ferreyro-Espinosa K, Aguilar-Alapisco K, Alemán-Espinoza MA, Ramírez-Castañeda S, Serrano-Loyola R, Guerrero-Avendaño GML

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ABSTRACT

Infective endocarditis is a rare disease that affects cardiac tissues, as well as prosthetic valves and intracardiac devices. Aortic root abscess is a severe form of infective endocarditis of the aortic valve and surrounding tissues. We present herein a case of 27-year-old male, with a history of congenital heart disease, diagnosed with mitral-aortic endocarditis, who underwent emergency surgery, which required aortic root replacement due to intraoperative findings with mitral valve replacement and closure of the patent ductus arteriosus.

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