A Case of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm in the Left Atrioventricular Groove after Mitral Valve Replacement.
10.4250/jcu.2010.18.4.157
- Author:
Hong Soon JUNG
1
;
Woo Baek CHUNG
;
Keun Suk YANG
;
Hae Kyung YANG
;
Tae Geun GWEON
;
Guk Jin LEE
;
Ji Hyung HONG
;
Jung Im JUNG
;
Hyun SONG
;
Ho Joong YOUN
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. younhj@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pseudoaneurysm;
Coronary sinus fistula;
Mitral valve replacement
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm, False;
Coronary Sinus;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Fistula;
Humans;
Mitral Valve
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2010;18(4):157-160
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
