Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement and myocardial infarction

Yujiro Hirasawa; Tadamasa Miyauchi; Toshihiko Sawamura; Hiroshi Takiya

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.018

Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement and myocardial infarction

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Nov;78(5):1823-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.018.

Authors

Yujiro Hirasawa¹, Tadamasa Miyauchi, Toshihiko Sawamura, Hiroshi Takiya

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gifu Prefectural Gifu Hospital, Gifu City, Japan. hirayuji@fancy.ocn.ne.jp

PMID: 15511485
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.018

Abstract

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare but serious complication of mitral valve replacement or myocardial infarction. Prompt surgical correction is mandatory in cases of a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. A 70-year-old man had a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after myocardial infarction and mitral valve replacement. The orifice of the pseudoaneurysm was closed with an e-polytetrafluoroethylene patch and the pseudoaneurysmal wall was almost resected.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / etiology
Aneurysm, False / surgery*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Prostheses and Implants
Thoracotomy
Ultrasonography

Substances

Polytetrafluoroethylene