title: [Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Charité, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Dübel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gliech
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kivelitz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rutsch
mesh_terms: 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