Left ventricular outflow tract false aneurysm late after aortic valve replacement

Heart Surg Forum. 2005;8(3):E136-9. doi: 10.1532/hsf98.20041133.

Abstract

We describe an unusual case of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) pseudoaneurysm late after aortic valve replacement. A 77-year-old man, who had undergone aortic valve replacement with mechanical prosthesis 7 years ago, presented, asymptomatic, with a transesophageal echocardiography (TTE) diagnosis of a large cavitary mass arising behind the aortic wall. The orifice of the pseudoaneurysm was successfully surgically closed and the aortic root reconstructed with cryopreserved homograft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery
  • Aorta / transplantation
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Cryopreservation
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reoperation
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Homologous