Brucella melitensis endocarditis of ventricular septal defect patch: Successful surgical treatment without replacement

[Surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect].

Since the first report of direct vision closure of ventricular septal defects in eight patients by Lillehei, Cohen, Warden, Ziegler, and Varco (1955), and further pioneering work by Lillehei and his group and by Kirklin, Harshbarger, Donald, and Edwards (1957), the surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect has been a well established and accepted procedure. In 1957 Lillehei and his associ...

Surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect

Since the first report of direct vision closure of ventricular septal defects in eight patients by Lillehei, Cohen, Warden, Ziegler, and Varco (1955), and further pioneering work by Lillehei and his group and by Kirklin, Harshbarger, Donald, and Edwards (1957), the surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect has been a well established and accepted procedure. In 1957 Lillehei and his associ...

Surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect VIKING

Since the first report of direct vision closure of ventricular septal defects in eight patients by Lillehei, Cohen, Warden, Ziegler, and Varco (1955), and further pioneering work by Lillehei and his group and by Kirklin, Harshbarger, Donald, and Edwards (1957), the surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect has been a well established and accepted procedure. In 1957 Lillehei and his associ...

Brucella melitensis endocarditis: successful treatment of an infected prosthetic mitral valve.

Brucelha melitensis endocarditis: successful treatment of an infected prosthetic mitral valve. A 38-year-old man had a mitral valve replacement for rheumatic calcific mitral stenosis and regurgitation; following this operation he remained well for 10 months. He then presented with cough, abdominal pain, and rigors, and Brucella melitensis type 3 was repeatedly isolated from blood cultures. His ...

Results of surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect.