title: An uncommon false aneurysm of the left ventricle.
abstract: An 83-year-old woman with previous closed transventricular commissurotomy was admitted for congestive heart failure. Echocardiogram and angiography demonstrated a mitral restenosis and a large-mouthed false aneurysm of the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale R. Calai, Gualdo Tadino, PG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimarino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Acciai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cappelletti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*