Long-term complications after surgical correction of Laubry-Pezzi syndrome

J Thorac Dis. 2016 Mar;8(3):E232-4. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.02.28.

Abstract

Laubry-Pezzi syndrome is a rare congenital heart disease (CHD) combining a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and an aortic regurgitation (AR) due to a prolapse of the right coronary or, less frequently, non-coronary cusp. In the literature there are very few reports of long-term complications after surgical correction of this syndrome. We present the late occurrence of an aortic root pseudoaneurysm and a residual VSD in a patient with Laubry-Pezzi syndrome operated during childhood.

Keywords: Congenital heart disease (CHD) in adult; aortic root replacement; cardiac reoperation.

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