Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and mitral valve regurgitation. Conservative surgical therapy

R De Paulis; J Zeitani; G Bognolo; S Fratini; A Penta de Peppo; L Chiariello

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and mitral valve regurgitation. Conservative surgical therapy

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1999 Oct;40(5):679-81.

Authors

R De Paulis¹, J Zeitani, G Bognolo, S Fratini, A Penta de Peppo, L Chiariello

Affiliation

¹ University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

PMID: 10597002

Abstract

A patient with posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, severe mitral regurgitation and coronary artery disease is reported. Mitral valve insufficiency was almost completely cured by simple closure of the left ventricular defect by edge to edge apposition along the long axis of the heart.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / complications*
Aneurysm, False / diagnosis
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Heart Aneurysm / complications*
Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
Heart Aneurysm / surgery
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles* / surgery
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Radiography, Thoracic