Surgical management of post-infarction leaking left ventricular false aneurysm.
A case report of leaking left ventricular false aneurysm causing pericardial tamponade treated by surgical resection of the false aneurysm and coronary bypass surgery is presented including a description of the intraoperative technique for demonstration of the false aneurysm and the communicating channel to the left ventricular chamber.
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Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bryn Mawr Hospital, PA.
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Hopkins
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*