We reported a patient of 46-year-old man, who had undergone reinforced aortic valve replacement using a composite Björk-Shiley prosthesis for infective endocarditis on April 13, 1988. Because of recurrent periannular endocarditis and periprosthetic dehiscence, reoperation was undertaken eighteen months after the initial operation. Following debridement, a composite Dacron vascular prosthesis with a St. Jude Medical valve and two saphenous vein grafts were transposed in the ascending aorta. The operative procedures were entirely smooth. A modified Danielson's technique may be adequate for recurrent periannular endocarditis which make orthotopic re-replacement impossible in most cases.
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