title: [Echocardiographic-Doppler study of a case of subacute and incomplete parietal rupture after myocardial infarction].
abstract: The authors report the case of a 55 year old man who suffered a silent, laterobasal myocardial infarction which was complicated by a subacute pseudo-false aneurysm of the lateral wall of the left ventricle. They underline: The importance of two-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of a neo-para left ventricular cavity showing systolic expansion and communicating with the left ventricle by a narrow neck indicating rupture of the free ventricular wall; The value of two-dimensional color coded Doppler which enables the operator to distinguish the active nature of the neo-left ventricular cavity before surgery and its inactivity after surgery. The surgical indication for emergency resection of the pseudo aneurysm was based on these preoperative non-invasive observations. This case confirms the value of cardiac two-dimensional echo-Doppler studies in the investigation of ischaemic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier général Robert Ballanger, Aulnay-sous-bois.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terdjman
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Montely
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mesnildrey
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chérifi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Champeau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hanania
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Etude échocardiographique-doppler d'un cas de rupture pariétale incomplète et subaiguë après infarctus du myocarde.