Ono Minoru, Wolf Randall K
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Apr;73(4):1303-5. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03268-4.
We report an unusual case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm late after mitral valve replacement. A 60-year-old woman, who had undergone aortic and mitral valve replacement using mechanical prostheses 4 months previously, presented with severe congestive heart failure. The computed tomographic scan of the chest demonstrated a large mass displacing the heart anteriorly. The orifice of the pseudoaneurysm was successfully closed on the beating heart using partial femorofemoral bypass through a left thoracotomy.
