Failure of Cellularization of Ventriculotomy Patch Leading to Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 Jan;11(1):123-126. doi: 10.1177/2150135119880547. Epub 2019 Nov 22.

Abstract

Enlargement of the bulboventricular foramen (BVF) in double-inlet left ventricle or the ventricular septal defect (VSD) in tricuspid atresia with transposition of the great arteries is one approach for prevention or treatment of systemic ventricular outflow obstruction. Most often, BVF/VSD restriction is bypassed preemptively or addressed directly at the time of Glenn/Fontan procedures as part of staged univentricular palliation. We describe a patient who underwent enlargement of a restrictive VSD during Fontan completion and subsequently presented with an asymptomatic pseudoaneurysm of the right ventricle at the ventriculotomy site.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Fontan Procedure*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / complications
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery
  • Tricuspid Atresia / complications
  • Tricuspid Atresia / surgery