title: [Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle resected 20 years after acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: A 67 year-old-man suffered an uncomplicated myocardial infarction twenty years ago. By January 1990 an abnormal cardiac contour was noted on a chest radiography. Contrast ventriculography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle. The patient underwent open heart surgery and remains asymptomatic 12 months after surgery. This is the longest time interval between the myocardial infarction and successful surgery that has been reported.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Passos
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramires
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jatene
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jatene
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Pseudoaneurisma do ventrículo esquerdo ressecado vinte anos após infarto agudo do miocárdio.