1. Staphylococcus aureus pancarditis complicated by a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
- Author
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Arifi AA, Koehler A, Hwong TM, Wan S, Wan IY, and Yim AP
- Subjects
- Adult, Aneurysm, False complications, Aneurysm, False diagnosis, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Combined Modality Therapy, Drug Therapy, Combination therapeutic use, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Endocarditis, Bacterial complications, Endocarditis, Bacterial drug therapy, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Aneurysm complications, Heart Aneurysm diagnosis, Heart Valve Prosthesis, Heart Ventricles, Humans, Mitral Valve Stenosis complications, Mitral Valve Stenosis diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Shock, Septic complications, Shock, Septic therapy, Staphylococcal Infections complications, Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Aneurysm, False surgery, Endocarditis, Bacterial diagnosis, Heart Aneurysm surgery, Mitral Valve Stenosis surgery, Shock, Septic diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections diagnosis
- Abstract
Acute septic pancarditis is a life threatening but fortunately rare condition. We report a case of this condition in a young 20-year-old female patient with an early complication of mitral valve destruction and a late complication of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm formation.
- Published
- 2004
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