title: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis.
abstract: Cross sectional echocardiography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular posterolateral wall close to the atrioventricular junction in a 4 year old girl with infective pericarditis complicating lobar pneumonia. Colour flow Doppler demonstrated bidirectional flow across the communication hole. Surgical resection was successful.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Luiz Décourt, Serviço de Cardiologia, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*