False aneurysm of the right ventricle due to endocarditis in a child.
An eight-year-old boy with supravalvular pulmonic stenosis, supravalvular aortic stenosis, and ventricular septal defect developed Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. The infection was complicated by formation of a false aneurysm of the right ventricular outflow tract, which was demonstrated by contrast echocardiogram. Surgical treatment was successful. This is a unique case of false aneurysm of the outflow tract of the right ventricle, because it is secondary to endocarditis without known previous trauma to the right ventricular wall.
Garty
B Z
BZ
Department of Pediatrics "A", Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Berant
M
M
Weinhouse
E
E
Levinski
L
L
D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*