This video demonstrates a high-risk patient with infective endocarditis of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement prosthesis, complicated by aortic root abscess, which was successfully repaired with aortic valve replacement and posterior unroofing of the abscess cavity, followed by patch closure.
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Endocarditis
November 17, 2025
October 31, 2025
This video presents a case of tricuspid and pulmonary valve endocarditis in a patient with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect and a double chambered right ventricle.
October 14, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 77-year-old patient with streptococcus endocarditis following a previous transcatheter aortic valve replacement, necessitating an aortic root replacement.
September 8, 2025
This case report describes a successful redo tricuspid valve replacement in a high-risk patient using an annular-preserving electrocautery explantation technique, highlighting key surgical strategies and educational value.
August 27, 2025
This video demonstrates the Commando and Hemi-Commando procedures for prosthetic valve endocarditis involving mitral-aortic fibrosa, from the clinical case presentation to a step-by-step procedure.
August 26, 2025
This video demonstrates a modified re-do Commando procedure as a third surgery following an initial root replacement with mitral valve reconstruction for endocarditis and a subsequent modified Commando procedure with tricuspid valve repair due to recurrence of endocarditis.
August 14, 2025
This article provides a practical summary of the surgical indications from the 2023 European guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis (IE). IE remains a challenging condition with high morbidity and mortality despite advances in diagnosis and management.
August 11, 2025
This video demonstrates a porcine xenograft replacement of the aortic root in a patient with severe aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis.
July 17, 2025
This video demonstrates a surgical procedure in a patient who had infective endocarditis with aortic valve and tricuspid valve vegetations and a communicating abscess.
July 15, 2025
This video demonstrates that the Commando procedure provides adequate exposure for the reconstruction of the cardiac fibrous skeleton in cases of invasive endocarditis.