title: Delayed left atrial wall dissection after mitral valve replacement.
abstract: We report two unusual cases of left atrial wall dissection creating a left atrial pseudoaneurysm associated with regurgitation a few months after mitral valve replacement. We emphasize the important role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis. The two patients successfully underwent surgery.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Avenue de Magellan, 33 604 Pessac, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Idir
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deville
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roudaut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013997:Time Factors