title: Unknown extra cardiac echo-free space: diagnosis of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm by color flow echocardiography.
abstract: At times, visualization of a ventricular pseudoaneurysm by two-dimensional echocardiography can be difficult. This case report describes the unique diagnostic potential of color flow echocardiography in the diagnosis of an unknown extra cardiac echo-free space, a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Using color Doppler echocardiography flow can be seen communicating between the left ventricle and the pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida College of Medicine 33601.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McKinnon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Donald
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijayanagar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canedo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology