Cardiology in the Young
- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 3 / Issue 01 / January 1993, pp 88-90
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S104795110001074X (About DOI), Published online: 19 August 2008
Brief Reports
The value of resonance imaging in diagnosis of pulmonary mycotic aneurysm secondary to infective endocarditis
Carlos Zabala1, Samuel Ramírez-Marroqína1 and Fause Attiea1 c1
a1 From the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México
Summary
Mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary trunk are a rare but recognized complication of infective endocarditis. They are usually associated with infected congenital heart lesions, and especially with persistent patency of the arterial duct. This report deals with a patient with a persistent duct and aortic coarctation who developed a mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk secondary to infective endocarditis. The lesion was evaluated before and after surgery by magnetic resonance imaging.
(Accepted July 15 1992)
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c1 Dr. Fause Attie, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología lgnacio Chávez, Juan Badiano 1, Tlalpan, 14080 Mexico D.F., México. Tel. (5) 573-2911; Fax. (5) 573-09-94.
