Unconventional Surgical Intervention for Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Associated With Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Patient. Issue 4 (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chavarri, Fernando; Pinto, Miguel; Torres, Yeli; Adrianzén, Valeria; de Guzmán, Ivan Niño; Esqueche, Eduardo
• Is Part Of: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. Volume 11:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 509
• Page End: 511
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: Pediatric cardiology -- Periodicals; Congenital heart disease in children -- Periodicals; Heart -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart Defects, Congenital -- surgery -- Periodicals; Cardiac Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Child -- Periodicals; Adult -- Periodicals; 618.9212
• DOI: 10.1177/2150135120905658
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-1351

Abstract

Ventricular pseudoaneurysms are very unusual in children. A six-year-old child developed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus . The patient responded favorably to antibiotic therapy and ventriculoplasty through an unconventional surgery due to the constrictive pericarditis.