Perforated mitral valve aneurysm associated with Libman-Sacks endocarditis

Intern Med. 2008;47(18):1605-8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1068. Epub 2008 Sep 16.

Abstract

The perforation of a mitral valve aneurysm is a rare disease which induces acute mitral regurgitation and is usually induced by infective endocarditis; however, in this case report, acute heart failure was caused by a perforated mitral valve aneurysm that was speculated to be due to Libman-Sacks endocarditis with systemic lupus erythematosis and secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome. Mitral valve plasty was performed and thereafter heart failure improved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / etiology*
  • Angiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous