title: Missed diagnosis of unruptured, huge left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: We report a case of a huge left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following myocardial infarction. Early after myocardial infarction, the pseudoaneurysm was missed during the cardiac examination. The patient underwent coronary bypass surgery with endoaneurysmorraphy of the pseudoaneurysm, and made a satisfactory recovery.
authors.affiliation: Maltepe University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akgun
authors.forename: Nurgül
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keser
authors.forename: Tekin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arsan
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications