Staphylococcal postoperative subannular left ventricular false aneurysm

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 Feb;23(2):244-5. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00740-6.

Abstract

A 37-year-old male with acute complicated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus mitral valve endocarditis underwent urgent valve replacement with a bileaflet prosthesis. The postoperative course was complicated with fever and heart failure. Echocardiography showed a large subannular false aneurysm of the left ventricle. Three weeks later resection and closure of the defect with a patch made from a cryopreserved thoracic aorta homograft were performed. The most significant aspects of this rare complication are commented on.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
  • Cryopreservation
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Reoperation
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Transplantation, Homologous