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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(2):334-335; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen012
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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

Julie Darchis1, Nicolas de Laguerenne4, Jean Luc Auffray1, Jean Jacques Bauchart1, Jean Marc Aubert1, Eddy Prétorian4, Olivier Jabourek4, Benoit Larrue2, Patrick Goldstein3, Philippe Asseman1 and Pierre V. Ennezat1,*

1 Centre Hospitalier et Régional Universitaire de Lille, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology Hospital, Bd Pr J Leclercq, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
2 Centre Hospitalier et Régional Universitaire de Lille, Cardiac Surgery Department, Cardiology Hospital, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
3 Centre Hospitalier et Régional Universitaire de Lille, Emergency Department, Cardiology Hospital, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
4 Centre Hospitalier et Régional Universitaire de Lille, Cardiology Department, Douai Hospital, France

Received 1 October 2007; accepted after revision 28 October 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 320445330; fax: +33 320445604. E-mail address: ennezat{at}yahoo.com


  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.

Keywords: Myocardial infarction; Septic pseudo-aneurysm


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