title: Unusual case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. novog@unipa.it
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Midiri
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alaimo
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evola
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rotolo
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farinella
authors.forename: Gian Franco
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Ciaramitaro
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Assennato
mesh_terms: 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