Progression of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after an acute myocardial infarction.
Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysms rarely occur, but are detected more often with the development of new diagnostic tools. Since LV pseudoaneurysms are life-threatening, early surgical intervention is recommended. This report describes an 87-year-old woman with heart failure and a large LV pseudoaneurysm which progressed from a small LV pseudoaneurysm after an acute myocardial infarction over a 1-year period.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Mi-Na
MN
Kim
Seong-Mi
SM
Park
Sun-Won
SW
Kim
Kwang-No
KN
Lee
Jung-Sun
JS
Kim
Eun-Joo
EJ
Kang
Cheol-Min
CM
Ahn
Wan-Joo
WJ
Shim
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