Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following acute myocardial infarction.
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.
Niimura
Hideya
H
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka.
Mito
Takahiro
T
Matsunaga
Akira
A
Koga
Satoshi
S
Akasu
Koji
K
Morishige
Noritsugu
N
Tashiro
Tadashi
T
Saku
Keijiro
K
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