Dissecting intramyocardial hematoma masquerading as a pseudoaneurysm of left ventricular free wall: an unusual case of myocardial rupture.
This report presents a case of left ventricular intramyocardial dissection masquerading as a ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Only serial echocardiograms could lead to the correct diagnosis, and left ventricular angiography could appropriately direct further testing and treatment.
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy. a.carcagni@unicampus.it
Addolorata
A
Carcagnì
Annunziata
A
Nusca
Elvio
E
Covino
Massimo
M
Chello
Andrea
A
D'Ambrosio
Giuseppe
G
Patti
Germano
G
Di Sciascio
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male