Septic pseudo-aneurysm of the left main trunk in a dialysis patient.
This case report relating the association between a septic pseudo-aneurysm of the left trunk and myocardial infarction underscores the importance of early non-invasive imaging when acute myocardial infarction is associated with frank clinical or biological signs of systemic sepsis.
Darchis
Julie
J
Centre Hospitalier et Régional Universitaire de Lille, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology Hospital, Bd Pr J Leclercq, 59037 Lille Cedex, France.
de Laguerenne
Nicolas
N
Auffray
Jean Luc
JL
Bauchart
Jean Jacques
JJ
Aubert
Jean Marc
JM
Prétorian
Eddy
E
Jabourek
Olivier
O
Larrue
Benoit
B
Goldstein
Patrick
P
Asseman
Philippe
P
Ennezat
Pierre V
PV
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed