Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: A Rare Complication of Infective Endocarditis
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Sachdeva, Ritu
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Arkansas Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Little Rock, AR 72205 USAArkansas Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
Sachdeva, Ritu
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Imamura, Michiaki
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Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Little Rock, AR 72205 USA
Arkansas Childrens Hosp, Dept Surg, Div Pediat Cardiothorac Surg, Little Rock, AR USAArkansas Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
Imamura, Michiaki
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[1] Arkansas Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
[2] Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Little Rock, AR 72205 USA
[3] Arkansas Childrens Hosp, Dept Surg, Div Pediat Cardiothorac Surg, Little Rock, AR USA
Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is rare in children. This report describes the case of a 2-year-old previously healthy girl who was diagnosed with endocarditis and underwent resection of a large mitral valve vegetation from the posterior mitral leaflet. One month after this surgery, she was diagnosed with a large LV pseudoaneurysm based on echocardiography performed during routine outpatient follow-up. Cardiac surgery was performed urgently to address the pseudoaneurysm, given its potential to rupture spontaneously. This case emphasizes the need for a close follow-up of children with endocarditis for development of pseudoaneurysms, which is a rare but potentially fatal complication of endocarditis.