Abstract
AbstractA 50-year-old female weighing 80 kg is posted for a deep sternal wound debridement, post mitral valve replacement (MVR), and post-CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting) (left internal mammary artery (LIMA)→left anterior descending (LAD)). She had sternal osteomyelitis and had wound debridement thrice before. She had also history of cardiac injury repair during second wound debridement.Her initial three tissue cultures showed Acinetobacter positive. Her fourth tissue culture shows Staphylococcus haemolyticus positive. Histopathology shows necrotizing granuloma. Two-dimensional Echocardiography (ECHO) shows post-MVR, no Mitral regurgitation (MR), mild Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR) (right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP)-24 + Retrograde autologous priming (RAP)), Inferior Vena Cava #x0028;IVC) 1.6 cm with respiratory collapse, no pericardial effusion, no Left atrium (LA) clot/veg, and normal biventricular function.
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