title: Blood in, blood out: left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following mitral valve endocarditis.
abstract: A 76-year old male on warfarin due to atrial fibrillation was admitted with Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia. Echocardiography demonstrated mitral valve endocarditis, and shortly thereafter, he suffered an intracranial haemorrhage as a result of septic embolism. Four weeks later, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed a newly formed pseudoaneurysm. A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm caused by infective endocarditis is very rare, but awareness of this unusual complication may allow surgery to prevent rupture.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Ulrik.Sartipy@karolinska.se
authors: Ulrik
authors: U
authors: Sartipy
authors: Torbjörn
authors: T
authors: Ivert
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Ugander
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome