[Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement].
We report about a woman with a rare complication after mitral valve replacement 24 years ago. The patient had a massive hemorrhage some hours after operation. We performed invasive diagnostics because of an increasing pressure gradient across the prosthesis and revealed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Before the planned reoperation the patient died suddenly. As the cause of death, we assumed a rupture of the pseudoaneurysm.
Dübel
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Universitätsklinikum Charité, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Berlin, Germany.
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Kivelitz
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D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000790:Angiocardiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology