[Mycotic aneurysm of the coronary artery]

Cas Lek Cesk. 2004;143(11):771-3.
[Article in Czech]

Abstract

Mycotic aneurysm of the coronary artery occurs in less than 1% of patients with infective endocarditis and only few cases of successful treatment has been described in the literature. The paper presents a case of 64 years old man with infective endocarditis of the mitral valve, complicated with a development of mycotic aneurysm of the right coronary artery, who was successfully surgically treated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / microbiology
  • Coronary Aneurysm / surgery
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis