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Staphylococcus aureus Pancarditis Complicated by a Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

For reprint information contact: Ahmed A Arifi, MD Tel: 852 2632 2629 Fax: 852 2645 9544 Email: arifiahmed{at}hotmail.com Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China.

Acute septic pancarditis is a life threatening but fortunately rare condition. We report a case of this condition in a young 20-year-old female patient with an early complication of mitral valve destruction and a late complication of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm formation.

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