Left ventricular outflow tract false aneurysm late after aortic valve replacement.
We describe an unusual case of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) pseudoaneurysm late after aortic valve replacement. A 77-year-old man, who had undergone aortic valve replacement with mechanical prosthesis 7 years ago, presented, asymptomatic, with a transesophageal echocardiography (TTE) diagnosis of a large cavitary mass arising behind the aortic wall. The orifice of the pseudoaneurysm was successfully surgically closed and the aortic root reconstructed with cryopreserved homograft.
Bizzarri
Federico
F
Unita' Operativa di Cardiochirurgia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Careggi, Florence, Italy. fbizzarri@netscape.net
Braconi
Lucio
L
Rossi
Alessandra
A
Sorbara
Carlo
C
Stefano
Pier Luigi
PL
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous