title: Rapid occurrence of giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement.
abstract: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms are an uncommon and frightening complication after mitral valve replacement. We report the case of a 54-year old woman, having undergone a mitral valve replacement with uneventful postoperative course and normal echocardiographic predischarge control, who was readmitted to hospital, only 16 days later, for rapidly progressing dyspnea, and finally echocardiographically diagnosed to have a massive 8-cm long pseudoaneurysm communicating with the left ventricle through a narrow communication. The patient was proposed for emergency surgery but unfortunately died preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Cadiology Department, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisia. sofienerek@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Sofiene
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rekik
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Hanene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Charfeddine
authors.forename: Salma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krichene
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hentati
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kammoun
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography