title: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and mitral valve regurgitation. Conservative surgical therapy.
abstract: A patient with posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, severe mitral regurgitation and coronary artery disease is reported. Mitral valve insufficiency was almost completely cured by simple closure of the left ventricular defect by edge to edge apposition along the long axis of the heart.
authors.affiliation: University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Paulis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeitani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bognolo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fratini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Penta de Peppo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiariello
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic