Pseudoaneurysm of left ventricle.
Left ventricular free wall rupture is a dramatic but not always fatal complication from myocardial acute infarction. However, if proper diagnosis is delayed, surgical treatment may be compromised. The authors report a case of large pseudoaneurysm in left ventricular inferior wall diagnosed on angiography study.
Jacob
José Luiz Balthazar
JL
Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. jljacob@cardiol.br
Buzelli
Graziele
G
Machado
Nilton Carlos Spinola
NC
Garzon
Pedro G A
PG
Garzon
Sérgio A C
SA
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography