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J Card Surg
. 2020 May 22.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.14643. Online ahead of print.
Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by COVID-19 and Hemorrhage
Azhar Hussain[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Neil Roberts[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aung Oo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus, now termed SARS-CoV-2, has caused a significant global impact in the space of 4 months. Almost all elective cardiac surgical operations have been postponed with only urgent and emergency operations being considered in order to maximise resource utilisation. We present a case of a 69-year old lady with an infected prosthetic aortic valve for consideration of urgent inpatient surgery. Despite being asymptomatic and testing negative initially for COVID-19 RT-PCR swab, further investigations with CT revealed suspicious findings. She subsequently tested positive on a repeat swab and unfortunately deteriorated rapidly with complications including gastro-intestinal and intracerebral haemorrhage.
Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac surgery; endocarditis.
. 2020 May 22.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.14643. Online ahead of print.
Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by COVID-19 and Hemorrhage
Azhar Hussain[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Neil Roberts[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aung Oo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32445276
- DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14643
Abstract
The novel coronavirus, now termed SARS-CoV-2, has caused a significant global impact in the space of 4 months. Almost all elective cardiac surgical operations have been postponed with only urgent and emergency operations being considered in order to maximise resource utilisation. We present a case of a 69-year old lady with an infected prosthetic aortic valve for consideration of urgent inpatient surgery. Despite being asymptomatic and testing negative initially for COVID-19 RT-PCR swab, further investigations with CT revealed suspicious findings. She subsequently tested positive on a repeat swab and unfortunately deteriorated rapidly with complications including gastro-intestinal and intracerebral haemorrhage.
Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac surgery; endocarditis.