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Mycotic coronary artery aneurysm from fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Yeen W, Panza A, Cook S, Warrell C, Sun B, Crestanello JA

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.

Two cases of mycotic aneurysms of the left anterior descending coronary artery in patients with fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis are reported. One was managed with exclusion and interposition graft, and the other was managed by aneurysm excision, wide debridement, and distal bypass. The current literature and management strategies are reviewed.

Published 25 June 2007 in Ann Thorac Surg, 84(1): 280-2.
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