Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Pseudoaneurysm of Mitral‐Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa. Issue 2 (5th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ekici, Filiz; Kocabaş, Abdullah; Aktaş, Doğukan; Çetin, İlker; Eminoğlu, Sancar
• Is Part Of: Echocardiography. Volume 31:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: E60
• Page End: E63
• Publication Date: 2013-11-05
• Subjects: Echocardiography -- Periodicals; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; 616.1207543
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.12431
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0742-2822

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en" id="echo12378-abs-0001"> <title>Mini‐Abstract</title> <p>Pseudoaneurysm of mitral‐aortic intervalvular fibrosa (PA‐MAIVF) is a rare complication of native aortic valve endocarditis. Herein, we present a 9‐year‐old boy who was diagnosed with bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis complicated by PA‐MAIVF. The lesion was visualized by both two‐ and three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. Cerebral embolism and hemorrhage developed at the early stage which led to delay in surgery. PA‐MAIVF ruptured into pericardial space and caused a fatal outcome.</p> </abstract>