A case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in the left atrioventricular groove after mitral valve replacement

J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2010 Dec;18(4):157-60. doi: 10.4250/jcu.2010.18.4.157. Epub 2010 Dec 31.

Abstract

Left ventricle-coronary sinus fistula and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm are unusual and frightening complications after mitral valve replacement. A 27-year-old female patient underwent mitral valve replacement 5 years previously and trans-thoracic echocardiography showed an outpouching lesion at the atrioventricular groove. It was difficult to differentiate whether the lesion was a left ventricle-coronary sinus fistula or a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm by two-dimensional echocardiography. Cardiac computed tomography confirmed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm compressing the coronary sinus.

Keywords: Coronary sinus fistula; Mitral valve replacement; Pseudoaneurysm.

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