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SUBMITTER: Bonou M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4707312 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of cardiovascular ultrasound 20151230 4
Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral aortic intervalvular fibrosa (MAIVF-P) usually ensues as a complication of endocarditis or aortic valve surgery. When large, symptomatic or related to complications (rupture, compression of adjacent structures, embolic events, mitral regurgitation or heart failure) it warrants surgical excision. The natural course of uncomplicated/asymptomatic MAIVF-Ps is largely unknown since most patients are offered surgery. Increased surgical risk imposed by repeat operations in ...[more]