[Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa]

G Ital Cardiol. 1990 Sep;20(9):873-7.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The case of a patient with large pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa following a blunt chest trauma is presented. A two dimensional echocardiographic study revealed a large aneurysmal sac situated between the posterior aortic root and the left atrium, which expanded in systole and partially collapsed in diastole. An echo-free space which represented the mouth of the aneurysm was seen just below the posterior aortic cusp in the junctional zone between the two valves, called mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging showed a better resolution of the echocardiographic feature. Cardiac catheterization and surgery confirmed the diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Valve / injuries*
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / injuries*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging