title: Echocardiographic findings of posterior wall false aneurysm: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of angiographically proven posterolateral left ventricular false aneurysm is presented. The patient underwent successful surgery. The echocardiogram revealed large echo-free spaces behind the posterior wall of the left ventricle, delineated by pericardial echoes and lined internally by extra echoes. These echocardiographic findings are consistent with false aneurysm containing a clot. This report indicates that in patients with previous infarction and distorted cardiac silhouette, echo-cardiography may be helpful in the diagnosis of true or false ventricular aneurysm.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic