Cardiac Tamponade due to Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm After Aortic Valve Replacement

Autor: İnci Firatli, Mehmet Serdar Küçükoğlu, Gürkan Çetin, Murat Ersanli, Onur Baydar, Betul Balaban, Ugur Coskun
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: The Heart Surgery Forum. 16:49
ISSN: 1522-6662
1098-3511
Popis: Left ventricular outflow tract pseudoaneurysm is a rare but a potentially lethal complication, mainly after aortic root endocarditis or surgery. Usually, it originates from a dehiscence in the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and arises posteriorly to the aortic root. We report a rare case of a patient with cardiac tamponade due to left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after aortic valve replacement. The subsequent surgical resection was performed successfully.
Databáze: OpenAIRE