title: An unusual case of a giant pseudoaneurysm formation after myocardial infarction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Necla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Tuncay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hazırolan
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tulumen
authors.forename: Onur Sinan
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.forename: Sercan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okutucu
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abacı
authors.forename: Mehmet Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ozdoğan
authors.forename: Ferhan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozmen
mesh_terms: 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