Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle.
A case study is reported of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who developed a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle after inferior myocardial infarction. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by radionuclide cardiac blood pool imaging and by contrast ventriculography; the aneurysm was successfully excised.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic