Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after myocardial infarction.
As is evident from our case and others, post-myocardial infarction pericarditis with the formation of pericardial adhesions creates a suitable milieu for left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Although the conditions for pseudoaneurysm formation are rarely met, the clinician should be aware of this diagnosis, even long after myocardial infarction, because of its associated mortality and also because it is surgically curable.
Jabi
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Department of Medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia.
Burger
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Touchon
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D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*