Septic pseudo-aneurysm of the left main trunk in a dialysis patient

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Mar;9(2):334-5. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen012.

Abstract

This case report relating the association between a septic pseudo-aneurysm of the left trunk and myocardial infarction underscores the importance of early non-invasive imaging when acute myocardial infarction is associated with frank clinical or biological signs of systemic sepsis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / complications
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, False / microbiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Heart Aneurysm / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed