Patch repair of a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.024.
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Abstract
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVP) is a rare cardiac disorder. We describe the repair of a large LVP that was identified in a 73-year-old woman 10 months after she underwent mitral valve replacement for infective endocarditis at another hospital 10 months previously. Follow-up echocardiography showed an enlarged large mass beside the left ventricle, and computed tomography revealed a LVP and an orifice just beside the mitral annulus. We removed the implanted valve and closed the large orifice (35×4 mm) using a Xenomedica (Baxter Healthcare Corp, Horw, Switzerland) patch. Computed tomography 3 months later revealed a thrombosed LVP.
Medical subject headings
- Endocarditis
- Heart Aneurysm
- Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency
- Surgical Mesh