Primary Infected Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm and the Use of Omental Flap

Giorgio Maria Aru; Tad Kim; Roberto Giorgio Aru; Mary Carolyn Vinson

doi:10.1532/hsf.1446

Authors

Giorgio Maria Aru Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Tad Kim Mayo Clinic, Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Roberto Giorgio Aru Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Mary Carolyn Vinson Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.1446

Abstract

A 55-year-old man with autoimmune deficiency syndrome presented with an infected left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and sepsis. The aneurysmectomy consisted of a Dor-style pericardial patch plus debridement of the abscess cavities. The infected pseudoaneurysm recurred, much larger, within five months due to persistent infected abscess cavities. The second repair was done without a Dor-style patch and with an omental flap. No recurrence has occurred one year after the second repair, but the patient has asymptomatic, partial gastric herniation inside the pericardium. This is the first description of a primary infected left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. The omental flap contributed to the successful treatment.

Author Biographies

Giorgio Maria Aru, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Department of Surgery, Professor

Tad Kim, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

General Thoracic Surgery Clinical Fellowship

Roberto Giorgio Aru, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

School of Medicine

Mary Carolyn Vinson, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Deprtment of Surgery, PGY-7

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