title: Spontaneous disappearance of a false aneurysm after iatrogenic ruptured ventricle.
abstract: We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who had an atypical subendocardial aneurysm, a space between the internal patch, which was used for the repair of a left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement, and myocardium, which filled with blood during the diastole phase. During the follow-up period, the aneurysm spontaneously disappeared. This case endorses combining internal and external approaches to repair a left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Ichihara, Japan. mlc33560@nifty.com
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Souichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Yasutsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012421:Rupture