… , and found an association with underlying cardiac abnormalities (41%), prosthetic valves
(… factors for Aspergillus endocarditis in 29 patients. Among children, congenital heart disease …

… The only case reported of Aspergillus endocarditis following … the Aspergillus infection on
a Starr-Edwards mitral valve. … Mycotic endocarditis of the tricuspid valve due to Aspergillus …

… for the prosthesis, it may be worthwhile to reoperate in all cases of Aspergillus endocarditis.
A … than the present 100% mortality seen in conservative therapy of Aspergillus endocarditis. …

… Aspergillus flavus endocarditis developed in a 13 year old girl after mitral valve replacement.
Thirty-… Jones T, Meshel L, Rubin IL: Aspergillus endocarditis superimposed on aortic valve …

… at¬ tributed to the aortic valve prosthesis. Eight months after surgery (November …
Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis on an aortic homograft with aneurysm of the ascend- ing aorta…

… to prosthetic MV and native aortic valve infective endocarditis with decompensated heart
failure … MV repair in combination with mechanical aortic valve replacement and aortoplasties. …

… A 63 year old man underwent aortic valve replacement with a Xenofic tissue prosthesis for
calcific aortic stenosis and incompetence. Before operation he had had a small varicose ulcer …

… transferal) underwent aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthesis Perimount Magna Ease
21 mm (Edward Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA, USA); the native aortic valve was sent …

… Most of these infections are caused by bacteria but in recent years there have been more
frequent reports of fungal infections on artificial heart valves and attention has been drawn to …

… of metallic mitral and aortic valve prostheses 6 months earlier, … The incidence of infective
endocarditis in valvar prostheses … valvar replacement, with an incidence of infective endocarditis …