Subannular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following mitral valve replacement

Narayanan Namboodiri¹ , Santosh K Dora¹ , Bejoy Thomas² and Manoranjan Misra³

¹Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

²Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

³Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008, 3:28doi:10.1186/1749-8090-3-28


Published:	19 May 2008

Abstract

Delayed development of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare late complication of mitral valve prosthesis and requires early surgical intervention. Here we describe the occurrence of such a complication diagnosed 6-months after the valve surgery in a 60-year-old lady. The anatomic delineation of subannular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm using multiple imaging modalities including CT angiography is also being discussed.