Nair Vinitha Viswambharan, Kalra Rajat, Narang Rajiv, Airan Balram
Department of CTVS, Cardio-thoracic center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Department of cardiology, Cardio-thoracic center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Jan;7(1):45-8. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.126555.
Sub-mitral aneurysms are rarely reported clinical entity. Though a variety of etiologies are proposed, congenital weakness of the mitral valve annulus is the most widely accepted one. A 17-year-old boy with sub-mitral aneurysm presented with severe mitral regurgitation, which was diagnosed by echocardiography and successfully managed surgically. The aneurysm wall was positive for Staphylococcus aureus, and patient was treated with intensive antibiotics.
二尖瓣下动脉瘤是一种临床报道很少见的疾病。尽管提出了多种病因,但二尖瓣瓣环先天性薄弱是最被广泛认可的病因。一名患有二尖瓣下动脉瘤的17岁男孩出现严重二尖瓣反流,经超声心动图诊断并成功接受了手术治疗。动脉瘤壁金黄色葡萄球菌检测呈阳性,患者接受了强化抗生素治疗。