title: Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement and myocardial infarction.
abstract: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare but serious complication of mitral valve replacement or myocardial infarction. Prompt surgical correction is mandatory in cases of a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. A 70-year-old man had a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after myocardial infarction and mitral valve replacement. The orifice of the pseudoaneurysm was closed with an e-polytetrafluoroethylene patch and the pseudoaneurysmal wall was almost resected.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gifu Prefectural Gifu Hospital, Gifu City, Japan. hirayuji@fancy.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
authors.forename: Tadamasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawamura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene