Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
Major Scope
- Gastroenterological Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- General Surgery
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
- Robotic Surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2022;7(1):3405.Case Report | Open Access
Cardiac Surgery for Active Infective Endocarditis of Mitral Valve after Recent COVID-19 Infection
Masato Tochii1*, Hirotaka Watanuki1, Kayo Sugiyama1, Yasuhiro Futamura1, Hiroshi Ishikawa2 and Katsuhiko Matsuyama1
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Japan
2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kasugai Municipal Hospital, Japan
*Correspondance to: Masato Tochii
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.3405
Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in a global public health crisis. Only urgent and emergent operations have been performed globally to prevent widespread transmission of COVID-19. It was difficult for clinicians to decide whether to operate on patients who had a history of recent COVID-19 infection and pneumonia, even in urgent cases. We report a case of successful urgent surgical management of active infective endocarditis for a patient who had been treated for pneumonia due to COVID-19 three weeks before cardiac surgery.
Keywords
COVID-19; Infective endocarditis; Cardiac surgery
Cite the article
Tochii M, Watanuki H, Sugiyama K, Futamura Y, Ishikawa H, Matsuyama K. Cardiac Surgery for Active Infective Endocarditis of Mitral Valve after Recent COVID-19 Infection. Clin Surg. 2022; 7: 3405.