CALCIFICATION, MODE OF HEALING OF INFECTI OUS MYOCARDIAL PSEUDO-ANEURYSM - 2 CASE-REPORTS

Authors
DUPUIS C GRONNIER P FRANCART C GODART F
Citation
C. Dupuis et al., CALCIFICATION, MODE OF HEALING OF INFECTI OUS MYOCARDIAL PSEUDO-ANEURYSM - 2 CASE-REPORTS, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 87(5), 1994, pp. 687-690
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
87
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
687 - 690
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1994)87:5<687:CMOHOI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The authors present two cases of infectious myocardial pseudoaneurysms : the first was secondary to an intracardiac foreign body with mitral valve endocarditis ; the second to septicaemia of urinary origin. Both cases progressed to calcification of the pseudo-aneurysm which appear ed to be a mode of healing. Reviewed 20 and 19 years respectively afte r the initial episode, both patients have normal cardiac appearances a part from the residual myocardial calcification.