Key result
Immediate surgical resection is the therapy of choice for rare left ventricular pseudoaneurysms following isolated pericarditis and Staphylococcus aureus septicemia.
Highlights a rare case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following isolated pericarditis from Staphylococcal septicemia, emphasizing echocardiography for diagnosis and immediate surgical resection.
Prompts consideration of resection for this rare sequela; leaves open standardized management pending larger series.
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after isolated pericarditis as a result of Staphylococcal septicemia is very rare. A case of a very young patient is described. Diagnosis is made by echocardiography. Immediate surgical resection of the pseudoaneurysm is the therapy of choice.
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Boer et al. (1999) studied this question. Immediate surgical resection is the therapy of choice for rare left ventricular pseudoaneurysms following isolated pericarditis and Staphylococcus aureus septicemia.
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