Cabrol operation in prosthetic valve infective endocarditis

Methods A 50 years old women who had underwent aortic valve replacement (19#HPsjm) + mitral valve replacement (29#sjm) and tricuspid DeVega anuloplasty at our department, was admitted to our hospital with fever. Echocardiography confirmed vegetations on aortic and mitral valves, abscess formation in aortic root, grade IV SEK in left atrium with pulmonary artery pressure of 60-65 mmHg. With positive blood culture, vankomicin + gentamicin medication was ordered. On the follow up, vegetations on the mitral valve disappeared and the ones on aortic cusps regressed in contrary to aortic root abscess. After obtaining negative blood cultures, she was scheduled for an elective operation.