title: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We describe a case of 57-year-old man who presented with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure with rapid progression of cardiomegaly. Cardiac multislice computed tomography and echocardiography showed the ventricular pseudoaneurysm, probably due to cardiac free wall rupture caused by AMI. Cardiac CT is another useful tool for the non-invasive diagnosis of cardiac rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niimura
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mito
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akasu
authors.forename: Noritsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morishige
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Keijiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saku
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology