An unusual case of a giant pseudoaneurysm formation after myocardial infarction.
In the era of early and invasive therapeutic approaches, myocardial rupture has become an uncommon complication of myocardial infarction. We report an uncommon complication following inferior myocardial infarction with both left ventricular and right ventricular rupture and subsequent communication via a shared pseudoaneurysm.
Ozer
Necla
N
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Aksoy
Hakan
H
Hazırolan
Tuncay
T
Tulumen
Erol
E
Deveci
Onur Sinan
OS
Okutucu
Sercan
S
Abacı
Adnan
A
Ozdoğan
Mehmet Emin
ME
Ozmen
Ferhan
F
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography