Open AccessLeft ventricular pseudoaneurysm secondary to recurrent mitral prosthetic valve endocarditis
Author(s) -
Nishiori Hironobu,
Matsumiya Goro
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6522
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , infective endocarditis , endocarditis , cardiology , abscess , mitral valve , heart failure , surgery , mitral valve replacement , complication
An 86‐year‐old man who had undergone two mitral valve replacements developed heart failure due to prosthetic valve infection and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVPA). LVPA due to infective endocarditis is rare and caused by the abscess formation in the left ventricular myocardium. Infective endocarditis caused by enterococci requires attention to relapse.