Rapidly Enlarging Aortic Root Pseudoaneurysm in a Child With Endocarditis and Repaired Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: A child with repaired double outlet right ventricle presented with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Despite unsuspecting echocardiography on admission and clinical improvement on antibiotics, repeat routine echocardiography detected an aortic pseudoaneurysm, requiring a Ross-Konno operation. In repaired congenital heart defects with bacteremia, close echocardiographic surveillance is required to detect aortic pseudoaneurysm. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

SUBMITTER: Singh AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571797 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature