Key result
Reconstructive surgical management with the Commando technique was described for a rare case of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and left atrial fistula.
Why the study?
Mitral and aortic valve endocarditis rarely lead to mitral aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and left atrial fistula, representing a fatal complication.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes the first documented reconstructive surgical management using the Commando technique for a mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and left atrial fistula in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava.
First reported Commando repair for this rare pseudoaneurysm-fistula; extends surgical options but leaves generalizability open.
Mitral aortic intervalvular fibrosa or aorto-mitral curtain is a fibrous avascular skeletal structure located between the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve and the non-coronary and left coronary cusps of the aortic valve. Mitral and aortic valve endocarditis are rarely accompanied by mitral aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and left atrial fistula of the aorta. Pseudoaneurysm of mitral aortic intervalvular fibrosa is a fatal complication that can occur after valvular surgery, valvular endocarditis, or blunt trauma. In this article, reconstructive surgical management with the Commando technique of a case who developed mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm to left atrial fistula after aortic and mitral prosthetic valve endocarditis is described. The important feature of this article is that it is a first in the literature as it is accompanied by persistent left superior vena cava.
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Kahraman et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and left atrial fistula after prosthetic valve endocarditis (n=1). Reconstructive surgical management with the Commando technique was evaluated. Reconstructive surgical management with the Commando technique was described for a rare case of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm and left atrial fistula.
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