Key result
Antibiotic therapy and unconventional ventriculoplasty successfully treated a pediatric left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with Staphylococcus aureus and constrictive pericarditis.
Why the study?
Ventricular pseudoaneurysms are very unusual in children.
Unconventional surgical ventriculoplasty combined with antibiotics can be a successful treatment for pediatric left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with S. aureus.
Raises awareness of rare pediatric LV pseudoaneurysm post-MSSA; leaves open optimal management strategies.
Ventricular pseudoaneurysms are very unusual in children. A six-year-old child developed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. The patient responded favorably to antibiotic therapy and ventriculoplasty through an unconventional surgery due to the constrictive pericarditis.
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Chávarri et al. (2020) studied this question. Antibiotic therapy and unconventional ventriculoplasty successfully treated a pediatric left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with Staphylococcus aureus and constrictive pericarditis.
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