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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 304-305, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Successful repair of a submitral left ventricular infected pseudoaneurysm

Z Zisbrod, DL Manjoney, RF Tranbaugh and JN Cunningham Jr
Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.

Aneurysms of the left ventricle may be congenital or may occur after a myocardial infarction, trauma, or endocarditis. Infective endocarditis can cause destructive injury to the heart in various ways. This report describes the formation of an aneurysm of the left ventricle from trauma of a bacterial vegetation of the mitral valve. Early recognition by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging led to successful repair and prevented a catastrophic result.




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