Late Complication of Infective Endocarditis: False Aneurism of Ascending Aorta

https://doi.org/10.47191/rajar/v7i11.03
Infective Endocarditis False Aneurysm Surgery

Authors

  • Noureddine ATMANI Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Fès, Morocco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2616-8445
  • Salma ELMANIR Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Mohammed V University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Rabat, Morocco
  • Aniss SEGHROUCHNI Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Fès, Morocco
  • Reda MOUNIR Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Mohammed V University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Rabat, Morocco
  • Amir EDEN ALI Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Mohammed V University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Rabat, Morocco
  • Youssef ELBEKKALI Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Mohammed V University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Rabat, Morocco
  • Younes MOUTAKIALLAH Cardiac Surgery Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital. Rabat, Morocco & Mohammed V University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Rabat, Morocco
Vol. 7 No. 11 (2021): VOLUME 07 ISSUE 11
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False aneurysm is one of the life-threatening infective endocarditis (IE) complications. It can occur even long after a well-treated IE.

We report the case a 43-year-old. Treated for a blood culture negative aortic valve endocarditis with 4 weeks antibiotic therapy. One year later, he presented a false aneurysm of the right lateral wall of the aorta responsible of right coronary artery compression. He underwent urgent surgery with a successful removal of the false aneurysm and a Bentall’s procedure.

 

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