This is the case of a 46-year-old man, asymptomatic, with a history of single-disk mechanical aortic prosthesis implanted 25 years ago, who was incidentally diagnosed with a pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (a region of fibrous tissue located between the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve and the left and non-coronary aortic leaflets) discovered by means of a transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. Surgery was decided because of the size of the pseudoaneurysm. This article shows the late presentation of a pseudoaneurysm in this location caused by a complication of an aortic valve replacement due to endocarditis. It also highlights the asymptomatic evolution, the size of the pseudoaneurysm and the election of a valve preserving surgery because the valve was not compromised. The different imaging technique...

Se describe las características preoperatorias, intraoperatorias y posoperatorias de los pacientes con enfermedad valvular cardiaca de predominio izquierdo (EVCPI) tratados en un servicio de cirugía de tórax y cardiovascular de un hospital de referencia nacional; así como la ocurrencia de eventos tromboembólicos y hemorrágicos en estos pacientes.

  Background. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at high risk of cardiac compromise with high mortality. The subclinical diagnosis may improve their survival. Longitudinal myocardial deformation (strain) has been found to be useful in evaluating cardiac function in these patients. Objectives. Our aims were to evaluate myocardial function by analyzing the two-dimensional (2D) global longitudinal strain, to compare the longitudinal strain in SLE patients with controls, and to determine the correlation with SLE activity index. Material and Methods. 44 patients with SLE (50.0 ± 13 years) and 50 controls (49 ± 12 years) matched by age and sex, underwent transthoracic echocardiogram. Longitudinal strain was assessed using the speckle tracking method and SLE activity was estimated using the Systemic Lupus Erythematous Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI). A score of 4 or mor...

Antecedentes. Los pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES) tienen alto riesgo de compromiso cardíaco con elevada mortalidad, por lo que el diagnóstico subclínico podría mejorar su sobrevida. Se ha observado que el strain (deformación) miocárdico longitudinal (SGL) puede ser de utilidad para la evaluación de la función cardíaca en estos pacientes. Objetivos. Evaluar la función miocárdica mediante el análisis del strain longitudinal bidimensional (2D), comparar el strain longitudinal entre pacientes con LES y controles, y determinar la correlación con el índice de actividad del LES. Material y métodos. Se estudiaron a 44 pacientes con LES (50 ±13 años) y 50 controles (49 ±12 años) pareados por edad y sexo, a quienes se les realizó un ecocardiograma transtorácico bidimensional. Se valoró el strain longitudinal mediante el método de speckle tracking, y la activ...

  Background. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at high risk of cardiac compromise with high mortality. The subclinical diagnosis may improve their survival. Longitudinal myocardial deformation (strain) has been found to be useful in evaluating cardiac function in these patients. Objectives. Our aims were to evaluate myocardial function by analyzing the two-dimensional (2D) global longitudinal strain, to compare the longitudinal strain in SLE patients with controls, and to determine the correlation with SLE activity index. Material and Methods. 44 patients with SLE (50.0 ± 13 years) and 50 controls (49 ± 12 years) matched by age and sex, underwent transthoracic echocardiogram. Longitudinal strain was assessed using the speckle tracking method and SLE activity was estimated using the Systemic Lupus Erythematous Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI). A score of 4 or mor...