title: Pseudoaneurysm--a treatable form of cardiac rupture.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysm is an unusual complication of myocardial infarction. Although its pathogenesis is known, the course of the condition is obscure. The diagnosis is usually made post-mortally. We present a case of a pseudoaneurysm following a myocardial infarction, diagnosed at a routine polyclinical echocardiographic examination in a patient who at the time of diagnosis was free of symptoms. The patient was successfully operated upon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bevegård
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography