Unusual case of aortic coarctation complicated by mycotic pseudoaneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis | Zendy

Niloufar Samiei | Zendy; Azin Alizadeh | Zendy; Arash Hashemi | Zendy; Yalda Mirmesdagh | Zendy; Kambiz Mozaffari | Zendy; Saeid Hosseini | Zendy

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Unusual 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.

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