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- Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Large Aortic Pseudoaneurysm after Cardiac SurgeryPublication . Pelicano, NJ; Branco, LM; Agapito, AF; Salomão, S; Figueiredo, L; Cunha, J; Gomes da Cruz, A; Gouveia, JL; Roquette, J; Quininha, JA 66-year-old female with Streptococcus viridans aortic and tricuspid infective endocarditis develops, during the course of antibiotic therapy, rupture of a right coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm to the right ventricle. An urgent cardiac surgery is preformed with implantation of a mechanical aortic prosthesis and a right coronary sinus plasty. Six months later a huge aortic pseudoaneurysm is diagnosed and she is submitted to a second uneventful surgery. A review is done for the significant features with discussion of diagnosis and therapy.