Submitral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement: early diagnosis and successful repair.
Late left ventricle (LV) rupture with pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement is rare. We report its early diagnosis by advanced technologies, e.g. MRI and successful repair of a type I AV rupture through left atrial approach.
Lanjewar
Charan
C
Department of Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India. charanlanjewar@hotmail.com
Thakkar
Bhavesh
B
Kerkar
Prafulla
P
Khandeparkar
Jagdish
J
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery