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Cardiac pseudoaneurysm as a complication of native mitral valve infective endocarditis
Muhammad Zubair Khan1, Rakesh Shah2, Sona Franklin1
1Department of Internal Medicine, St. Mary Medical Center, 1201 Newtown-Langhorne Rd, Langhorne, PA 19047, USA.
Background:
The delayed development of a mitral valve annulus pseudoaneurysm is a rare and late complication of a native mitral abscess cavity.
Case Summary:
Currently, there are no documented cases of a pseudoaneurysm developing from an abscess cavity of the posterior annulus of the native mitral valve. We report a case of a patient who presented with worsening progressive shortness of breath that was found to be secondary to a pseudoaneurysm. This was detected by 2D echocardiogram and cardiac computed tomography angiography.
Discussion:
In our case, the patient developed a late complication of a ventricular pseudoaneurysm originating from the mitral annular area of the abscess cavity. Per the surgical literature, one method to avoid the aforementioned complication is via cavity repair with a bovine patch.
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