Left ventricular apical pseudoaneurysm with aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Kazuyoshi TakagiHiroyuki OtsukaTohru TakaseyaTakahiro ShojimaYusuke ShintaniYasuyuki ZaimaKosuke SakuTomofumi FukudaAtsunobu OuryoujiKoichi ArinagaHiroyuki Tanaka

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)

We report an 83-year-old man with a mycotic left ventricular apical pseudoaneurysm and aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Enterococcus spp. Mycotic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is very rare and is associated with a high risk of rupture. Here, we report the clinical presentation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a case of mycotic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm to raise awareness regarding this unusual and potentially fatal complication.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
aortic stenosis
mitral valve
aortic valve
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
acute myocardial infarction
left atrial
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
ejection fraction
escherichia coli
acute coronary syndrome
pulmonary artery
cystic fibrosis