A case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in the left atrioventricular groove after mitral valve replacement

Left ventricle-coronary sinus fistula and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm are unusual and frightening complications after mitral valve replacement. A 27-year-old female patient underwent mitral valve replacement 5 years previously and trans-thoracic echocardiography showed an outpouching lesion at t...

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Published in:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010-12, Vol.18 (4), p.157-160
Main Authors: Jung, Hong-Soon, Chung, Woo-Baek, Yang, Keun-Suk, Yang, Hae Kyung, Gweon, Tae-Geun, Lee, Guk-Jin, Hong, Ji-Hyung, Jung, Jung Im, Song, Hyun, Youn, Ho-Joong
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Language:English
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Summary:Left ventricle-coronary sinus fistula and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm are unusual and frightening complications after mitral valve replacement. A 27-year-old female patient underwent mitral valve replacement 5 years previously and trans-thoracic echocardiography showed an outpouching lesion at the atrioventricular groove. It was difficult to differentiate whether the lesion was a left ventricle-coronary sinus fistula or a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm by two-dimensional echocardiography. Cardiac computed tomography confirmed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm compressing the coronary sinus.
ISSN:1975-4612
2005-9655
DOI:10.4250/jcu.2010.18.4.157