An Unusual Localization of a Cardiac Pseudoaneurysm Complicated by Paravalvular Leak in a Patient with Prosthetic Heart Valves

Echocardiography. 2016 Feb;33(2):330-2. doi: 10.1111/echo.13086. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

Authors

Mehmet A Vatankulu¹, Osman Sönmez¹, Mehmet Akkaya¹, Cemalettin Aydin²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 26494458
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13086

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac pseudoaneurysm; paravalvular leak; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Diseases / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Heart Valves / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Valves / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged