Prosthetic graft infection: when echocardiography is not enough!
Anno:
2024
A 68-year-old Caucasian male, post-Bentall procedure with a bioprosthetic valve following extensive aortic dissection involving the ascending aorta and aortic arch, presented to the Emergency Department with persistent fever for over a month. During his hospitalization, he experienced ventricular fibrillation in the setting of hypokalemia, successfully managed with Advanced…