False aneurysm of the ascending aorta with perforation into the right ventricle presenting as acute inferior myocardial infarction.
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.
Neumayer
Ulrike
U
Department of Cardiology, St. Marien-Hospital Hamm, Germany. u.neumayer@freenet.de
Fassbender
Dieter
D
Schmidt
Henning K
HK
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*