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Simultaneous mitral valve and lung surgery for complicated endocarditis

^a University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
^b Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +4351250480786.

E-mail address: dominik.wiedemann{at}i-med.ac.at (D. Wiedemann).

A 48-year-old man developed severe sepsis after a chest trauma. The patient suffered from presternal and cervical abscesses, mediastinitis, septic arthritis of the right shoulder, abscesses in the right lung lower lobe and severe infective endocarditis of the mitral valve. After subcutaneous and mediastinal abscess–drainage, hemodynamic stabilization, and control of sepsis, biological mitral valve replacement and concomitant resection of the right lower lobe were performed. Restoration of the shoulder could be performed 22 days later. The patient was discharged after 4 weeks and is well 1 year after surgery.

Key Words: Endocarditis; Sepsis; Cardiac surgery