title: Two cases with similar pseudoaneurysms but different outcomes.
abstract: The pseudoaneurysm is a rare cardiac pathology, in which the left ventricular free wall ruptures and the pericardium surrounds the rupture in combination with thrombus and inflammation and thus prevents the development of a hemopericardium. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm may remain silent unless it gives rise to cardiac tamponade, collapse, and finally sudden death. In this case report, we present two cases with left ventricular pseudoaneurysms in the same area. One of them had a stable outcome and the other had a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty of Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. ihubildir@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ulaş
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bildirici
authors.forename: Aysen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agacdiken
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ural
authors.forename: Goksel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Baki
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Komsuoglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome