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Can computed tomodensitometry predict ventricular pseudoaneurysm occurrence after heart valve endocarditis?

Part of: Advanced Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2019

Virginie Fouilloux ,
Philippe Aldebert  and
Guillaume Gorincour
Virginie Fouilloux*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric and Congenital Surgery, Timone Children Hospital, Marseille, France Faculty of Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
Philippe Aldebert
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Timone Children Hospital, Marseille, France
Guillaume Gorincour
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France Department of Pediatric and Prenatal Imaging, Timone Children Hospital, Marseille, France
*
Author for correspondence: V. Fouilloux, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Timone Children Hospital, Marseille France, 264 rue Saint-Pierre, 13 385 Marseille cedex 05, France. Tel: +33 (0) 491 386 675; Fax: +33 (0) 491 384 576; E-mail: virginie.fouilloux@ap-hm.fr
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Abstract

Ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare but well-known complication after valvular endocarditis. The lesion was localised exactly where pre-operative CT scan showed lack of enhancement in the postero-lateral wall of the left ventricle. This case demonstrates how much attention must be paid to myocardial CT images and emphazises the need of close follow-up in patients with infective endocartitis.

Keywords

Endocarditisventricular pseudoaneurysmtomodensitometry
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 1206 - 1207
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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