title: Clinical characteristics and outcome in postinfarction pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: The clinical characteristics and outcome in 22 patients with postinfarction pseudoaneurysm were studied. The medium-term outcome was poor (median follow-up 3.6 years), but cardiac rupture was uncommon in patients treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Malouf
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Reeder
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate