The rupture of periaortic infective aneurysm into the left atrium and the left ventricular outflow tract: preoperative diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography

Ewa Lastowiecka; Andrzej Biederman; Tomasz Szajewski; Wanda Rydlewska-Sadowska

doi:10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00173.x

The rupture of periaortic infective aneurysm into the left atrium and the left ventricular outflow tract: preoperative diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography

Echocardiography. 2002 Apr;19(3):173-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00173.x.

Authors

Ewa Lastowiecka¹, Andrzej Biederman, Tomasz Szajewski, Wanda Rydlewska-Sadowska

Affiliation

¹ National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. bibl nauk@ikard.waw.pl

PMID: 12022924
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00173.x

Abstract

We present a rare complication of infective endocarditis, perforated periaortic abscess with fistulous communication between the aortic root, the left atrium, and the left ventricular outflow tract. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiographic diagnosis was confirmed intraoperatively. The patient was treated successfully by aortic homograft implantation.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Rupture / etiology*
Aortic Rupture / surgery
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / physiopathology
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Preoperative Care