Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular free wall occurring after cardiac surgery of endocarditis affecting mitral and aortic valves: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infective endocarditis remains a serious condition. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm may complicate the clinical course of infective endocarditis or occur postoperatively.

Case presentation

We describe a case of a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular lateral wall which developed one month following cardiac surgery of active endocarditis affecting aortic and mitral valves. The diagnosis was established by transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography angiography of the chest. Urgent cardiac surgery is performed with excision of the pseudoaneurysm and direct closure of the defect. The patient had a complete recovery and was discharged on the twelfth postoperative day.

Conclusions

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms are rare but potentially fatal. The s

SUBMITTER: El Hadj Sidi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9873888 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature