Missed diagnosis of unruptured, huge left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
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.
Akgun
Serdar
S
Maltepe University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Keser
Nurgül
N
Yildirim
Tekin
T
Arsan
Sinan
S
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