Early prosthetic valve endocarditis presenting as acute right coronary artery occlusion 1 month after aortic valve replacement: a case report
Koki Yokawa, Kazunori Yoshida, Ko Ishimoto, Taku Nakagawa, Yosuke Tanaka, Tomonori Higuma, Yoshihiro Oshima, Hidefumi Obo, Hidetaka Wakiyama · 2026
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Koki Yokawa and co-authors report a valve infection that struck just one month after surgery and blocked a heart artery, in a 2026 case report. Infected prosthetic valves are life-threatening and hard to spot early. Infection rarely announces itself as a heart attack. This patient's new valve seeded an embolus into the right coronary artery.
The seventy-three-year-old had recovered smoothly and gone home without blood thinners. A month later came breathlessness, stomach complaints, and chest pain. The picture progressed to frank coronary occlusion. Surgeons and cardiologists share the diagnostic lesson. Early post-operative symptoms deserve infection on the list. The report adds a rare presentation to the literature. Vigilance windows after valve surgery may need widening.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Koki Yokawa, Kazunori Yoshida, Ko Ishimoto, Taku Nakagawa, Yosuke Tanaka, Tomonori Higuma, Yoshihiro Oshima, Hidefumi Obo, Hidetaka Wakiyama |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |