Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm late after mitral valve replacement.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report an unusual case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm late after mitral valve replacement. A 60-year-old woman, who had undergone aortic and mitral valve replacement using mechanical prostheses 4 months previously, presented with severe congestive heart failure. The computed tomographic scan of the chest demonstrated a large mass displacing the heart anteriorly. The orifice of the pseudoaneurysm was successfully closed on the beating heart using partial femorofemoral bypass through a left thoracotomy.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Heart Aneurysm
- Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
- Mitral Valve