A Rare Case of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm after Mitral Valve Replacement
Published: 2022-03-26
Page: 88-91
Issue: 2022 - Volume 4 [Issue 1]
Hanane Mechal *
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Kawtar Mouammine
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Meryem Haboub
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Salim Arous
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Mohamed El Ghali Benouna
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Abdenacer Drighil
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Leila Azzouzi
Department of Cardiology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Selma ElYazidi
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Youssef Toumi
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Rachida Habbal
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
We report the case of a 28 years old female patient operated for mitral valve replacement. The baseline postoperative transthoracic echocardiography at 8 weeks after surgery revealed an anechoic addition image of the basal segment of LV posterior wall with a discontinuity between the posterior wall and the plane of insertion of the mitral mechanical valve measuring 26x17 mm. It seems to be limited by the pericardium, filled by color Doppler in diastole and empties in systole very suggestive of LV pseudoaneurysm. The patient was referred to cardiac surgery for surgical repair.
Keywords: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, mitral valve replacement, cardiac surgery