Successful repair of a submitral left ventricular infected pseudoaneurysm. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Aneurysms of the left ventricle may be congenital or may occur after a myocardial infarction, trauma, or endocarditis. Infective endocarditis can cause destructive injury to the heart in various ways. This report describes the formation of an aneurysm of the left ventricle from trauma of a bacterial vegetation of the mitral valve. Early recognition by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging led to successful repair and prevented a catastrophic result.

publication date

  • August 1, 1991

Research

keywords

  • Aneurysm, Infected
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial
  • Heart Aneurysm
  • Staphylococcal Infections

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0025807134

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0003-4975(91)91360-8

PubMed ID

  • 1863156

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 52

issue

  • 2