Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis

A large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm was discovered in a patient who presented with bacterial endophthalmitis 1 year after medically treated Staphylococcus aureus mitral valve endocarditis. After medical therapy, the patient underwent cardiac surgery uneventfully. We present a rare finding of a p...

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Autores principales: Steblovnik, Klemen, Zupan, Andraž, Kneževič, Ivan, Ambrožič, Jana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.042
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author Steblovnik, Klemen
Zupan, Andraž
Kneževič, Ivan
Ambrožič, Jana
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description A large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm was discovered in a patient who presented with bacterial endophthalmitis 1 year after medically treated Staphylococcus aureus mitral valve endocarditis. After medical therapy, the patient underwent cardiac surgery uneventfully. We present a rare finding of a pseudoaneurysm complicated with a very late ocular septic event. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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spelling pubmed-83112652021-07-26 Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis Steblovnik, Klemen Zupan, Andraž Kneževič, Ivan Ambrožič, Jana JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging A large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm was discovered in a patient who presented with bacterial endophthalmitis 1 year after medically treated Staphylococcus aureus mitral valve endocarditis. After medical therapy, the patient underwent cardiac surgery uneventfully. We present a rare finding of a pseudoaneurysm complicated with a very late ocular septic event. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) Elsevier 2021-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8311265/ /pubmed/34317658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.042 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Steblovnik, Klemen
Zupan, Andraž
Kneževič, Ivan
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Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis
title Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis
title_full Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis
title_fullStr Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis
title_full_unstemmed Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis
title_short Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Who Presented With Bacterial Endophthalmitis
title_sort left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: unexpected finding in a patient who presented with bacterial endophthalmitis
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.042
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