Unconventional Surgical Intervention for Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Associated With Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Patient

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 Jul;11(4):509-511. doi: 10.1177/2150135120905658. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Abstract

Ventricular pseudoaneurysms are very unusual in children. A six-year-old child developed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm associated with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. The patient responded favorably to antibiotic therapy and ventriculoplasty through an unconventional surgery due to the constrictive pericarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Child
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Pericarditis / complications*
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis
  • Pericarditis / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed