Acioli Pereira L, Fontes Gontijo P, Alcântara Farran J, Palandri Chagas AC, Romano ER, Bento de Souza LC. Giant pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow tract: a rare disease.
Rev Port Cardiol 2013;
32:541-4. [PMID:
23746395 DOI:
10.1016/j.repc.2012.11.006]
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Abstract
Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) is a rare disease with high morbidity and mortality, resulting from left ventricular damage due to myocardial infarction, infective endocarditis or surgical trauma. A case of giant pseudoaneurysm of the LVOT, even more rarely reported in the literature, is described. The lesion was detected 12 years after aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis in a young patient, a former intravenous drug user. As it is an uncommon disease, little is known about its clinical presentation and treatment.
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