[Replacement of the Aortic Root with Stentless Bioprosthesis for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Aortic Root Abscess;Report of a Case].

An 81-year-old man who had undergone aortic valve replacement was transferred to our hospital due to suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis(PVE) from the regional hospital. Transesophageal echocardiography findings showed severe aortic regurgitation with mobile vegetation on the right coronary cusp and annular abscess corresponding to left-none coronary cusps. Urgent operation was performed under the diagnosis of PVE with aortic root abscess. Intraoperative findings demonstrated tiny vegetation on one of the bio-prosthetic leaflets and abscess formation beneath the left sinus of valsalva( LSOV). Complete debridement of the infected tissue followed by patch closure of the cavity below the LSOV and reconstruction of the aortic root with Freestyle stentless aortic bioprosthesis was performed. His postoperative course was uneventful. Aortic root replacement using a stentless bioprosthesis seems to represent one of the useful options for PVE with aortic root abscess.