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Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow tract after cardiac surgery

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Pseudoaneurysms of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) are rare entity. We present a case of false aneurysm caused by a chronic bacterial infection after mechanical aortic valve replacement in otherwise healthy and asymptomatic young man.

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  1. Shariff MA, Martingano D, Khan U, Goyal N, et al. Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm after Aortic Valve Replacement. Aorta. 2015;3(5):167–171

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular disease, Development Innovation Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Via Parea 4, 20138, Milan, Italy

    Marco Gennari & Gianluca Polvani

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy

    Andrea Annoni

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Gennari, M., Annoni, A. & Polvani, G. Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular outflow tract after cardiac surgery. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 33, 749–750 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-016-1051-5

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