TITLE:
Septic Pulmonary Emboli and Right Ventricular Obstruction in a Membranous Interventricular Septal Aneurysm
AUTHORS:
Mehdi Bamous, Abdessamad Abdou, Noureddine Atmani, Anis Sergouchni, Younes Moutakiallah, Hatim Ghadbane, Mohamed Drissi, Abdelatif Boulahya
KEYWORDS:
Infective Endocarditis, Ventricular Septal Defect, Membranous Septum Aneurysm, Right Ventricular Obstruction
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery,
Vol.4 No.3,
August
27,
2014
ABSTRACT:
Although the majority of patients with perimembranous ventricular septal defect and septal aneurysm remained asymptomatic, some of them presented with serious complications during adulthood and thus required high risky surgery. In accordance with other rare condition, the incidence and natural history have not been well documented. This case describes the occurrence of a septic pulmonary emboli associated with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a young child.