Unconventional Surgical Intervention for Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Associated With Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Patient.
Fernando ChavarriMiguel PintoYeli TorresValeria AdrianzénIvan Niño de GuzmánEduardo EsquechePublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2020)
Ventricular pseudoaneurysms are very unusual in children. A six-year-old child developed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. The patient responded favorably to antibiotic therapy and ventriculoplasty through an unconventional surgery due to the constrictive pericarditis.
Keyphrases
- staphylococcus aureus
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- biofilm formation
- acute myocardial infarction
- minimally invasive
- aortic stenosis
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery bypass
- endovascular treatment
- young adults
- mental health
- case report
- surgical site infection
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- atrial fibrillation
- bone marrow
- cystic fibrosis
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- mesenchymal stem cells