Endovascular treatment for intracranial mycotic aneurysms prior to cardiac surgery

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002 May;21(5):948-50. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00092-1.

Abstract

The management of patients with infective endocarditis complicated by intracranial mycotic aneurysms is controversial. We present the case of a 21-year-old man who suffered from mitral regurgitation with small vegetations due to infective endocarditis. The problem was associated with a ruptured aneurysm on the right anterior cerebral artery and an unruptured aneurysm on the left middle cerebral artery. Endovascular embolization of these aneurysms and subsequent mitral valve repair led to a successful outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / surgery