False left ventricular aneurysm as a complication of open heart surgery.
A false aneurysm developed at the site of left ventricular venting in an 8-year-old boy who had undergone aortic valve commissurotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. The diagnosis was made by clinical examination and chest radiography and confirmed by left ventricular cineangiography. The aneurysm was successfully resected.
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male