Left ventricular rupture after embolic myocardial infarction due to mitral valve endocarditis

Thibault Caspar; Xavier Delabranche; Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli; Hafida Samet; Olivier Morel; Patrick Ohlmann

doi:10.1111/echo.12508

Left ventricular rupture after embolic myocardial infarction due to mitral valve endocarditis

Echocardiography. 2014 Apr;31(4):E104-6. doi: 10.1111/echo.12508. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Authors

Thibault Caspar¹, Xavier Delabranche, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, Hafida Samet, Olivier Morel, Patrick Ohlmann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 24447262
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12508

Abstract

We report a very rare case of a 43-year-old patient with fatal left ventricular subepicardial aneurysm rupture complicating embolic myocardial infarction due to mitral valve infective endocarditis.

Keywords: embolic myocardial infarction; infective endocarditis; left ventricular rupture; subepicardial aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnosis*
Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery
Coronary Angiography / methods
Disease Progression
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Fatal Outcome
Heart Aneurysm / complications
Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
Heart Aneurysm / surgery
Heart Valve Diseases / complications
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis*
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
Heart Ventricles
Heroin Dependence / complications
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Male
Mitral Valve
Multimodal Imaging / methods
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / surgery
Rare Diseases
Thromboembolism / complications
Thromboembolism / diagnosis*
Thromboembolism / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods