Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm as a complication of electrophysiologic study.
We have described a patient who developed a small submitral pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle during electrophysiologic mapping aimed at ablating a concealed accessory pathway. The patient was asymptomatic, and the lesion was detected on a routine postprocedure echocardiographic study. Spontaneous healing occurred, and the lesion was no longer seen on a repeated echocardiographic examination performed a month later.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California 92354, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000601:surgery