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Surgical Management of Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococcal Aortic Root Abscess.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2022 May 22
This case report presents a pediatric patient with an aortic root abscess caused by group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus. After aggressive debridement of infected tissue, the continuity between the left ventricular outflow tract and aorta was reconstructed with autologous pericardium, and the aortic valve was replaced with a mechanical prosthesis using the Konno procedure with concomitant mitral valve plasty. We believe that radical resection of the abscess is an effective way to eradicate such a life-threatening infection.
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