Open AccessUnusual case of aortic coarctation complicated by mycotic pseudoaneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis
Author(s) -
Niloufar Samiei,
Azin Alizadeh,
Arash Hashemi,
Yalda Mirmesdagh,
Kambiz Mozaffari,
Saeid Hosseini
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
research in cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2251-9580
pISSN - 2251-9572
DOI - 10.5812/cardiovascmed.13838
Subject(s) - bicuspid aortic valve , medicine , endocarditis , mycotic aneurysm , incidence (geometry) , aneurysm , cardiology , pseudoaneurysm , infective endocarditis , aortic aneurysm , aortic valve , surgery , physics , optics
Coarctation complicated with mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare. We are reporting a case of a 26-year-old man suffered from this pathology. As the incidence of mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare in patients with aortic coarctation, the choice of this pathology for a patient presenting with unexplained fever is the only way to reduce the mortality risk.