Mycotic aortic aneurysm secondary to repeated endocarditis

[Mycotic aortic aneurysm secondary to repeated endocarditis].

Doented 63 anos, sexo masculino, admitido por síndrome febril. Tinha uma história prévia de endocardite da válvula aórtica causada por streptococcus viridans aos 41 anos. Nesse internamento foram efectuados os diagnósticos adicionais de comunicação interventricular (CIV), estenose subaórtica e insuficiência aórtica (IA). Após curso de antibioterapia dirigida, foi submetido a cirurgia cardíaca, ...

Occluded mycotic popliteal aneurysm secondary to infective endocarditis.

Introduction brachial pressure index of 0.23. Urgent ultrasound examination of the popliteal fossa showed the popliteal A patient with infective endocarditis required an emerartery to be of normal calibre, with no embolic source identified. The following day, angiography demgency mitral valve replacement. During this illness, he developed sudden calf pain initially diagnosed as onstrated focal ...

Myocardial Infarction and Aortic Root Mycotic Aneurysm Complicating Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Utility of Cardiac CT

Aortic mycotic aneurysms are a rare but life-threatening potential complication of infective endocarditis. Rapid deterioration of the vascular wall in highly focal areas makes these pseudoaneurysms particularly prone to rupture, resulting in uncontrolled aortic hemorrhage. While computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the imaging modality of choice for the evaluation of mycotic aneurysms, it i...

Ruptured Aortic Valve with Mycotic Aneurysm Due to Acute Bacterial Endocarditis.

Mycotic aneurysm of the popliteal artery due to infective endocarditis.

Mycotic aneurysm (MA) is an infrequent complication of infective endocarditis (IE), reported in 3 to 15% of the patients with IE. The commonest site for such aneurysm is intracranial vessels (65%) followed by abdominal and then the peripheral vessels. We describe a case of 32 year old man with recently diagnosed rheumatic heart disease and mitral regurgitation. He had infective endocarditis (IE...