# Partial heart transplantation for destructive infective endocarditis

## TL;DR

This paper presents a rare case of severe heart infection requiring partial heart transplant techniques for treatment.

## Contribution

The paper highlights an uncommon surgical approach for destructive infective endocarditis with detailed imaging and technical aspects.

## Key findings

- A 31-year-old male had destructive aortic and pulmonary valve endocarditis with a subaortic defect.
- The patient underwent patch closure and aortic and pulmonary root replacement with coronary bypass.
- Imaging played a key role in diagnosing and guiding the surgical intervention.

## Abstract

Infective endocarditis frequently spreads beyond the valve tissue, especially in the aortic location. Invasive endocarditis may lead to abscess formation or fistula, with substantial tissue loss. Here, the case of a 31-year-old male patient with destructive aortic and pulmonary valve endocarditis and a subaortic mural defect who underwent patch closure of the ventricular septal defect and aortic and pulmonary root replacement and right coronary artery bypass graft is presented. This is an uncommon condition and stress is placed on imaging of the technical aspects of the case.