title: Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: In an oligosymptomatic patient with recent acute anterior myocardial infarction, two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography allowed us to detect, unmistakably, the presence of an apical pseudoaneurysm. Prompt and successful repair was made without performing left ventriculography. To our knowledge, this is the first case of pseudoaneurysm referred for surgery on the basis of echocardiographic findings.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lupi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bellotti
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged