A Ruptured Mitral Valve Aneurysm as Complication of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve Endocarditis.

ABSTRACT: We present a case of a ruptured mitral valve (MV) aneurysm as a complication of a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) endocarditis. It is about a young 35-year-old man, admitted to Cardiology Unit because of unexpected heart failure picture. We found a BAV endocarditis complicated by anterior MV-anterior leaflet aneurysm formation and subsequent severe MV regurgitation caused by aneurysm perforation. It was a particular and rare situation characterized by an infection of anterior mitral leaflet secondary to an infected regurgitant jet of a primary aortic infective endocarditis due to a BAV. A resulting aneurysm formation on the atrial side of the mitral anterior leaflet leads later to mitral perforation. In this article, we review the more relevant medical literature on this topic.

SUBMITTER: Muscente F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353471 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature