title: False aneurysm of the ascending aorta with perforation into the right ventricle presenting as acute inferior myocardial infarction.
abstract: The authors describe the case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with acute inferior myocardial infarction 8 years after prosthetic aortic valve replacement. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization revealed a false aneurysm of the ascending aorta with fistulous communication to the right ventricle. The right coronary artery originated from the false aneurysm with no antegrade perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Marien-Hospital Hamm, Germany. u.neumayer@freenet.de
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Neumayer
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fassbender
authors.forename: Henning K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*