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.
Department of Pediatrics "A", Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
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Garty
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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*