title: Infective endocarditis and pseudoaneurysm: fatal complications of mitral annular calcification.
abstract: We present a case of successful surgical repair for infected mitral valve and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, which can be fatal complications of mitral annular calcification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunekawa
authors.forename: Junjiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tagusari
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niwaya
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagihara
authors.forename: Hatsue
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi-Ueda
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery