Key result
Surgical closure using a Gore-tex patch successfully treated a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm that developed after effusion drainage for tamponade-complicated infectious pericarditis in an infant.
Why the study?
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm rarely follows pericarditis despite being a critical finding with potential fatal outcomes.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights a rare case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infectious pericarditis in an infant, successfully managed with surgical closure.
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LV-PsA) is a critical finding that could result in a fatal outcome. It may complicate myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, trauma, or endocarditis but rarely follows pericarditis. We report a case of infectious pericarditis complicated by pericardial tamponade in an infant. After effusion drainage and medical therapy, a large LV-PsA was detected. Successful closure of the pseudoaneurysm᾽s neck was accomplished using a Gore-tex patch.
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Rakha et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Infectious pericarditis complicated by pericardial tamponade and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (n=1). Effusion drainage, medical therapy, and surgical closure using a Gore-tex patch was evaluated on Successful closure of the pseudoaneurysm's neck. Surgical closure using a Gore-tex patch successfully treated a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm that developed after effusion drainage for tamponade-complicated infectious pericarditis in an infant.
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