A life-threatening infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in a toddler

Pseudoaneurysms of the ventricle are an uncommon occurrence in children. They may be secondary to previous cardiac surgery or infection of the pericardial space. Infective pseudoaneurysms require urgent surgery because rupture of the pseudoaneurysm may have catastrophic consequences. The outcome wit...

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Autores principales: Krishna, Mani Ram, Kottayil, Brijesh P, Sunil, Gopalraj Sumangala, Kumar, Raman Krishna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085766
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.157029
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author Krishna, Mani Ram
Kottayil, Brijesh P
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Kumar, Raman Krishna
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description Pseudoaneurysms of the ventricle are an uncommon occurrence in children. They may be secondary to previous cardiac surgery or infection of the pericardial space. Infective pseudoaneurysms require urgent surgery because rupture of the pseudoaneurysm may have catastrophic consequences. The outcome with surgery is excellent. We report a toddler with ruptured pseudoaneurysm secondary to purulent pericarditis who recovered with an emergency surgical closure of the opening of the pseudo-aneurysm.
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spelling pubmed-44531832015-06-17 A life-threatening infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in a toddler Krishna, Mani Ram Kottayil, Brijesh P Sunil, Gopalraj Sumangala Kumar, Raman Krishna Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report Pseudoaneurysms of the ventricle are an uncommon occurrence in children. They may be secondary to previous cardiac surgery or infection of the pericardial space. Infective pseudoaneurysms require urgent surgery because rupture of the pseudoaneurysm may have catastrophic consequences. The outcome with surgery is excellent. We report a toddler with ruptured pseudoaneurysm secondary to purulent pericarditis who recovered with an emergency surgical closure of the opening of the pseudo-aneurysm. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4453183/ /pubmed/26085766 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.157029 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Krishna, Mani Ram
Kottayil, Brijesh P
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A life-threatening infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in a toddler
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title_fullStr A life-threatening infective pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in a toddler
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085766
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.157029
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