title: Left ventricular posterior wall pseudoaneurysm: a rare sequela of mitral valve infective endocarditis in a chronic patient of HLA-B27 positive spondyloarthritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cochin, India.
authors.forename: Vithalkumar Malleshi
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Betigeri
authors.forename: Rafeeq Abdul
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kareem
authors.forename: Rajagopal Sadasivan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Suresh Gangadharan
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: Shiv Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen