Echocardiographic findings in a patient with left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
A 57-year-old woman, treated for a large anterior transmural myocardial infarction, was readmitted after 8 weeks because of progressive cardiac failure. Chest X-ray showed cardiomegaly with an atypical cardiac silhouette. Two-dimensional echocardiography disclosed a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. The patient underwent resection of the false aneurysm with repair of the left ventricular wall and recovered gradually. Different methods for diagnosing pseudoaneurysm are discussed.
D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications