Left ventricular posterior wall pseudoaneurysm: a rare sequela of mitral valve infective endocarditis in a chronic patient of HLA-B27 positive spondyloarthritis.
Left ventricular posterior wall pseudoaneurysm after native mitral valve infective endocarditis is a very rare occurrence. We report such a case in a patient with HLA-B27-associated spondyloarthritis and normal coronary arteries. Excision of the aneurysm with left ventricular reconstruction and mitral valve replacement resulted in an excellent outcome.
Betigeri
Vithalkumar Malleshi
VM
Departments of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cochin, India.
Kareem
Rafeeq Abdul
RA
Nair
Rajagopal Sadasivan
RS
Nair
Suresh Gangadharan
SG
Kamath
Prakash
P
Nair
Shiv Kumar
SK
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen