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Timely surgical intervention for rare post-infective left ventricular pseudoaneurysms in children, typically following Staphylococcus aureus infection, generally yields a good outcome.
Post-infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle is a rare condition in children that generally has a good outcome with timely surgical intervention.
Supports consideration of timely surgery after Staph aureus infection in children; extends five prior cases on this rare entity.
Post-infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in children is very rare, with only five cases reported in English medical literature so far. Patients usually have a short history of infection by Staphylococcus aureus. Timely surgical intervention has generally a good outcome. We present a case of post-infectious pseudoaneurysm in a 2-year-old girl with a review of literature.
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Desai et al. (2014) studied this question. Timely surgical intervention for rare post-infective left ventricular pseudoaneurysms in children, typically following Staphylococcus aureus infection, generally yields a good outcome.
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