[Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa].
The case of a patient with large pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa following a blunt chest trauma is presented. A two dimensional echocardiographic study revealed a large aneurysmal sac situated between the posterior aortic root and the left atrium, which expanded in systole and partially collapsed in diastole. An echo-free space which represented the mouth of the aneurysm was seen just below the posterior aortic cusp in the junctional zone between the two valves, called mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging showed a better resolution of the echocardiographic feature. Cardiac catheterization and surgery confirmed the diagnosis.
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Divisione di Riabilitazione Cardiologica, Ospedale Civile di Brescia, Presidio di Fasano.
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D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Pseudoaneurisma post-traumatico in corrispondenza della continuità fibrosa mitro-aortica.