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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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A ruptured mitral valve aneurysm as complication of a bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis
Francesca Muscente, Michele Scarano, Daniela Clemente, Franco Pezzuoli, Vito Maurizio Parato
Depatment of Emergency, Cardiology Unit, Madonna del Soccorso Hospital, San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche Region, Italy
Correspondence Address:
Vito Maurizio Parato
Madonna del Soccorso Hospital, Via Luciano Manara, 4-7, 63074 - San Benedetto del Tronto
Italy
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DOI: 10.4103/2211-4122.199063
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We present a case of a ruptured mitral valve (MV) aneurysm as a complication of a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) endocarditis. It is about a young 35-year-old man, admitted to Cardiology Unit because of unexpected heart failure picture. We found a BAV endocarditis complicated by anterior MV-anterior leaflet aneurysm formation and subsequent severe MV regurgitation caused by aneurysm perforation. It was a particular and rare situation characterized by an infection of anterior mitral leaflet secondary to an infected regurgitant jet of a primary aortic infective endocarditis due to a BAV. A resulting aneurysm formation on the atrial side of the mitral anterior leaflet leads later to mitral perforation. In this article, we review the more relevant medical literature on this topic. |
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