[Embolomycotic pseudoaneurysm of the common femoral artery in infective endocarditis]

S do C Jorge; M F Sampaio; P P Leão; N Izukawa; A M Kambara; J E Assef; A S Arnoni; P P Paulista; L S Piegas; H M Magalhães

[Embolomycotic pseudoaneurysm of the common femoral artery in infective endocarditis]

Arq Bras Cardiol. 1993 Jul;61(1):53-5.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

S do C Jorge¹, M F Sampaio, P P Leão, N Izukawa, A M Kambara, J E Assef, A S Arnoni, P P Paulista, L S Piegas, H M Magalhães, et al.

Affiliation

¹ Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo.

PMID: 8285868

Abstract

A male patient, six years old, with mitral valve endocarditis presented with pseudoaneurysm of the right femoral artery. He was submitted to surgical treatment with reconstruction of the artery with good outcome.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis
Aneurysm, Infected / etiology*
Aneurysm, Infected / surgery
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Child
Embolism / etiology
Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / complications*
Femoral Artery* / surgery
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve*