title: [Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Riabilitazione Cardiologica, Ospedale Civile di Brescia, Presidio di Fasano.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cefis
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alfieri
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Pseudoaneurisma post-traumatico in corrispondenza della continuità fibrosa mitro-aortica.