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Case Reports
. 2014 Feb;3(1):e13838.
doi: 10.5812/cardiovascmed.13838. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

Unusual case of aortic coarctation complicated by mycotic pseudoaneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis

Niloufar Samiei  1 , Azin Alizadeh  2 , Arash Hashemi  3 , Yalda Mirmesdagh  1 , Kambiz Mozaffari  3 , Saeid Hosseini  1
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Case Reports

Unusual case of aortic coarctation complicated by mycotic pseudoaneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis

Niloufar Samiei et al. Res Cardiovasc Med. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

Coarctation complicated with mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare. We are reporting a case of a 26-year-old man suffered from this pathology. As the incidence of mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare in patients with aortic coarctation, the choice of this pathology for a patient presenting with unexplained fever is the only way to reduce the mortality risk.

Keywords: Aneurysm, False; Aortic Coarctation; Endocarditis.

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Figure 1.. Continuous Wave Doppler in Coarctation Site
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Transeshophageal 2D Image of Descending Thoracic Aorta in Long Axis (Rotation by 90º)
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