Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Pseudoaneurysm: A Rare Sequela of Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis in a Chronic Patient of HLA-B27 Positive Spondyloarthritis Vithalkumar Malleshi Betigeri, MS, MCh, Rafeeq Abdul Kareem, MS, MCh, Rajagopal Sadasivan Nair, MS, MCh, Suresh Gangadharan Nair, MD, Prakash Kamath, MD, DM, Shiv Kumar Nair, MS, MCh The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 6, Pages 2294-2296 (December 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.016 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative transthoracic echocardiogram showing posterior wall aneurysm. (Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2294-2296DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.016) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative diagram with large posterior left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. (LV post. wall = left ventricle posterior wall.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2294-2296DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.016) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Follow-up transthoracic echocardiogram with mitral valve prosthesis (MVP) in situ and intact sandwich patch of Gore-Tex (W.L. Gore & Assoc, Flagstaff, AZ) with pericardium. (LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2294-2296DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.016) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions