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Subannular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following mitral valve replacement

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

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

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

Department 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.


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