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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:757-758. doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210617
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Case report - Cardiac general

Multiple sternotomies for repeated aortic root replacement – optimising the surgical approach

Jeffrey Lim* and Ravi Pillai

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

*Corresponding author. Department of General Surgery, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AN, UK. Tel.: +44 118 322 5111; fax: +44 118 322 8134.

E-mail address: jeffrey.lim{at}doctors.net.uk (J. Lim).

A 44-year-old patient with fungal endocarditis required a total of five sternotomies over ten years. We present the course of his treatment, details of the surgical techniques employed as well as other interesting points encountered in the management of this patient.

Key Words: Aortic root; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Endocarditis; Infection

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