Left ventricular rupture after embolic myocardial infarction due to mitral valve endocarditis.
We report a very rare case of a 43-year-old patient with fatal left ventricular subepicardial aneurysm rupture complicating embolic myocardial infarction due to mitral valve infective endocarditis.
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Thibault
T
Caspar
Xavier
X
Delabranche
Jean-Philippe
JP
Mazzucotelli
Hafida
H
Samet
Olivier
O
Morel
Patrick
P
Ohlmann
D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D018450:Disease Progression; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
embolic myocardial infarction; infective endocarditis; left ventricular rupture; subepicardial aneurysm