Aortic Root Honeycomb: A Rare Cardiac Surgery Complication.

Abstract

https://e-jcvi.org A 33-year-old male was being followed in the cardiology outpatient clinic, after a tricuspid aortic valve replacement with a double-disc mechanical valve due to rheumatic aortic valve disease (Movies 1 and 2). The postoperative period was complicated by mediastinitis and Saphylococcus aureus bacteremia (without evidence of endocarditis), which resolved after a four-week course of targeted antibiotic therapy. The patient had no other relevant past medical conditions and was medicated with warfarin. No other clinically relevant events were reported since the valvular surgery and an echocardiography performed one year after the surgery revealed a normally functioning aortic prosthesis.