title: Giant pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow tract: a rare disease.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) is a rare disease with high morbidity and mortality, resulting from left ventricular damage due to myocardial infarction, infective endocarditis or surgical trauma. A case of giant pseudoaneurysm of the LVOT, even more rarely reported in the literature, is described. The lesion was detected 12 years after aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis in a young patient, a former intravenous drug user. As it is an uncommon disease, little is known about its clinical presentation and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital do Coração de São Paulo - Associação Sanatório Sírio, São Paulo, Brasil. laraacioli@bol.com.br
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Acioli Pereira
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontes Gontijo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcântara Farran
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Palandri Chagas
authors.forename: Edson Renato
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Luis Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Bento de Souza
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Anel fibroso mitroaórtico; Endocardite infecciosa; Infective endocarditis; Left ventricular outflow tract; Mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa; Pseudoaneurisma; Pseudoaneurysm; Via de saída do ventrículo esquerdo