Aortic root abscess and anomalous aortic origin of right coronary artery in a 5-year-old child.

Aortic root abscess is a rare complication of infective endocarditis in children.A 5-year-old boy with infective endocarditis of aortic valve and an anterior aortic root abscess was found to have anomalous aortic origin of right coronary artery from the left coronary sinus on computed tomography scan with contrast.He was managed surgically by "patch and prosthesis" approach and required aortic root enlargement. Since anomalous aortic origin of right coronary artery is a relative contraindication for a Konno-Rastan aortic root enlargement, a Manouguian procedure was performed.Anterior aortic root abscesses are rare, the co-existence of anomalous aortic origin of right coronary artery is rarer still and such cases requiring aortic root enlargement are possibly best served by a Manouguian procedure.© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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Pranav Subbaraya Kandachar, Abdullah Al Balushi, Is'haq Al Aamri, Maryam Abdul-Jabbar Abdullah Al-Khouri, Raj Gopal Menon, Sunny Zacharias. Aortic root abscess and anomalous aortic origin of right coronary artery in a 5-year-old child. Journal of cardiac surgery. 2022 Sep 02

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