title: A case of abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm associated with right heart mass.
abstract: We present a patient with right-sided endocarditis associated with abdominal aortic pseudo-aneurysm presenting only with high fever and pulsating abdominal mass. A higher clinical awareness of aortic pseudoaneurysms associated with intracardiac lesions disease, leading to early computed tomography evaluation and prompt surgical intervention appears to offer the best chance of survival. In this aspect, single-stage surgical treatment of both endocarditis and the aortic pathology is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. onurgokseljet@gmail.com
authors.forename: Onur S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Göksel
authors.forename: Omer A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Sayin
authors.forename: Burçe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Göktaş
authors.forename: Zerrin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sungur
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tireli
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dayioğlu
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000295:instrumentation; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam