title: [Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle following suppurative pericarditis and sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus: a case report].
abstract: A 35-year-old diabetic man presented with a left ventricular aneurysm very close to the mitral valve annulus. He had been conservatively treated for suppurative pericarditis and sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus during the previous 3 weeks. The left ventricular aneurysm rapidly enlarged (6 cm in diameter) and the patient underwent emergent surgery. Cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest were induced, and the left ventricular aneurysm orifice was closed with a double layer of autologous pericardium. Mitral valve function was not impaired. He has been doing well for 4 years. Surgery is indicated as soon as possible after the diagnosis of infective left ventricular aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Saitama.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamabi
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Shunei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus