title: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after surgery for infective endocarditis.
abstract: A 46-year-old man had undergone aortic valve replacement for aortic regurgitation due to active infective endocarditis in 2006. He had been followed by transthoracic echocardiography revealing results within normal limits except for a subannular depressed scar. In 2010, a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm was detected on three-dimensional computed tomography. We performed surgery for patch closure of the pseudoaneurysm and redo aortic valve replacement.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan. inguinail@yahoo.co.jp
authors: Yoshifumi
authors: Y
authors: Itoda
authors: Hyoe
authors: H
authors: Komae
authors: Tetsufumi
authors: T
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Takeda
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D057787:Staphylococcus lugdunensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents