Unusual case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
A 71 year-old man with a history of previous anterior myocardial infarction, triple coronary artery bypass graft and left ventricular (LV) aneurysmectomy was admitted to the cardiology unit for chest pain. Physical examination showed a pulsing mass in the left chest wall. Cardiac multislice computed tomography showed a rare case of LV pseudoaneurysm (6.3 x 6 x 10 cm) communicating by a fistulous trait (1 cm) with the left anterior chest wall (C7-C8), creating a subfascial mass (7.1 x 3.6 cm).
Novo
Giuseppina
G
Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. novog@unipa.it
Midiri
Massimo
M
Fazio
Giovanni
G
Alaimo
Valerio
V
Evola
Salvatore
S
Rotolo
Antonino
A
Farinella
Michele
M
Ciaramitaro
Gian Franco
GF
Novo
Salvatore
S
Assennato
Pasquale
P
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed