Iranian Heart Journal

Iranian Heart Journal

POST-SURGICAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR PSEUDOANEURYSM PRESENTING AS AN EPIGASTRIC PULSATILE MASS

Authors
ANITA SADEGHPOUR
AZADEH SADATNASERI
SAEID HOSSEINI
MARIA SAADATIAN
NILOOFAR SAMIEI
MARYAM, ESMAILZADEH
MAHSHID, OJAGHI
MAJID MALEKI
FERIDOUN NOOHI
AHMAD MOHEBBI
SHAHEED RAJAIE CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER, IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, VALI ASR (A.S.) AVENUE, MELLAT PARK, TEHRAN, IRAN
Abstract
We report a case of right ventricular pseudoaneurysm three weeks after open mitral valve commissurotomy.
Transthoracic echocardiography showed a cavity of approximately 5x3 cm contiguous to the right ventricular inflow, communicating with the right ventricle by a small neck. Doppler study showed the presence of systolic and diastolic flow at the site of the rupture. Pseudoaneurysm is an infrequent surgical complication involving right ventriculotomy and often increases progressively in size. The association with open mitral valve commissurotomy has not been previously reported.
Keywords
PSEUDOANEURYSM
RIGHT VENTRICLE
Iranian Heart Journal
Volume 11, Issue 1
Winter 2010
Pages 38-40