Table 2.

Preoperative diagnosis (N=33)

Diagnosis	No. of patients
Native valve endocarditis	15
Prosthetic valve endocarditis	5
Failure of prosthetic valve (paravalvular leakage)	3
AAE	1
AAE, ascending aortic aneurysm	1
Aortitis	6
Ventricular septal defect patch site abscess	1
Aortic regurgitation, mitral regurgitation	1

AAE, aortoannular ectasia.