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Rapid Occurrence of Giant Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm after Mitral Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Rekik Sofiene,
Trabelsi Imen,
Charfeddine Hanene,
Krichene Salma,
Hentati Mourad,
Kammoun Samir
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00754.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , mitral valve replacement , ventricle , complication , aortic valve replacement , mitral valve , surgery , cardiology , stenosis
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms are an uncommon and frightening complication after mitral valve replacement. We report the case of a 54‐year old woman, having undergone a mitral valve replacement with uneventful postoperative course and normal echocardiographic predischarge control, who was readmitted to hospital, only 16 days later, for rapidly progressing dyspnea, and finally echocardiographically diagnosed to have a massive 8‐cm long pseudoaneurysm communicating with the left ventricle through a narrow communication. The patient was proposed for emergency surgery but unfortunately died preoperatively.