title: [Postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm].
abstract: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of heart rupture as a result of acute myocardial infarction, tumour infiltration or infective pericarditis. This pathology is often diagnosed accidentally because of non-specific clinical manifestations such as congestive heart failure or no symptoms at all. Diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm should result in an urgent surgical treatment as the risk of sudden death due to aneurysm rupture is high. In this report we present a patient who underwent successful surgical treatment of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm as a complication of myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii w Kielcach.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stańczak
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Janion-Sadowska
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janion
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery