Infective endocarditis and pseudoaneurysm: fatal complications of mitral annular calcification

Tomohiro Tsunekawa; Junjiro Kobayashi; Osamu Tagusari; Ko Bando; Kazuo Niwaya; Hiroyuki Nakajima; Toshikatsu Yagihara; Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda; Soichiro Kitamura

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.091

Infective endocarditis and pseudoaneurysm: fatal complications of mitral annular calcification

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 May;81(5):1881-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.091.

Authors

Tomohiro Tsunekawa¹, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Ko Bando, Kazuo Niwaya, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Soichiro Kitamura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 16631694
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.091

Abstract

We present a case of successful surgical repair for infected mitral valve and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, which can be fatal complications of mitral annular calcification.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm, False / etiology*
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Calcinosis / complications*
Calcinosis / pathology
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Female
Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
Heart Aneurysm / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology
Mitral Valve / pathology*
Mitral Valve / surgery