title: Successful surgical resection of a chronic false aneurysm of the left ventricle.
abstract: The case of a patient with a chronic false aneurysm of the left ventricle diagnosed three years after a documented myocardial infarction is reported. The patient presented with a mass seen on the chest x-ray examination. The correct diagnosis was made by ventriculography and the aneurysm was successfully resected.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors